The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromαἴλουρος“cat”
- English todayailuro-
From Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”). By surface analysis, ailur- + -o-.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekαἴλουρος all →
ailurophileailurophiliaailurophiliac
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.