The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄρχων“leader”
- taxonomic name · borrowed fromArchosauria“taxonomic division of extinct reptiles”
- English todayarchosaur
From taxonomic name Archosauria (“taxonomic division of extinct reptiles”), from Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “leader”) + σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄρχων all →
archonarchontology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.