anuran

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromοὐρά“tail”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀν-“lacking”
3. French · derived fromAnoures“name of a family of amphibians”
4. New Latin · derived fromAnoura
5. English todayanuran

From New Latin Anoura, Anura (“name of the order of amphibians”), or from French Anoures (“name of a family of amphibians”), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “lacking”)) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -an.

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