The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκῶνος“cone”
- English todayconure
From scientific Latin Conurus (genus name), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκῶνος all →
coneconodontossicone
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.