The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“feather”
- English todayapterium
From a- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather”) + -ium. Compare Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros, “featherless”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπτερόν all →
pterodactylpterosaurpteranodonmegalopterousperipterperipterousperiptery-pterptericpterionptero-pteroclidpteroidpteronpteronophobiapteropodpterostigmapterotic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.