The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτέρυξ“wing”, “bird”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀρχαῖος
- English todayarcheopteryx
From English archaeo- (“ancient”, “primitive”) (from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos)) + English -o- + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”, “bird”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος all →
archaeanarchae-archaeologismarchaeomancyarchaeophyteArchaeopolisarcheus
Ancient Greekπτέρυξ all →
pteruge
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.