Etymology

Jurassic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the second period of the Mesozoic era, a time still dominated by dinosaurs. Full definition →

French Jurassique
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  1. French · borrowed fromJurassique
  2. English todayJurassic

Borrowed from French Jurassique, named for the discovery and type location in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland. The -assic suffix was extracted from Triassic.

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