The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλλος“other, different”
- English todayallosaurus
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other, different”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄλλος all →
allergyallochthonousallochlorophyllallocrineallodoxaphobiaallopatryallophylicalloscutumallostasisallotrope
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.