The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερ(όν)“wing”
- English todayapteran
Ultimately from a- + Ancient Greek πτερ(όν) (pter(ón), “wing”). The noun is specifically Aptera + -an; the adjective is a- + -pteran.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
apteran
Today it means: Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods. Full definition →
Ancient Greek πτερ(όν)