chiropterology

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχείρ“hand”
2. English todaychiropterology

From translingual Chiroptera + -logy, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía), by surface analysis, chiro- + ptero- + -logy.

Words from the same roots