The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄρνις“bird”
- taxonomic name · calque ofOrnithischia
- English todaybird-hipped
Calque of taxonomic name Ornithischia, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) + ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”). In reference to the pelvic structures' superficial similarity to that of birds.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὄρνις all →
ornis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.