The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβαρύς“heavy or strong”
- English todaybaryonyx
From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy or strong”) + ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw or talon”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβαρύς all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.