The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχάλιξ“gravel”
- English todaychalicothere
From scientific Latin Chalicotherium (originally a genus name), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “gravel”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχάλιξ all →
chalkchalicosis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.