The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκόρῠθος“helmet”
- English todaycorytophanid
From translingual Corytophanidae + -id. Corytophanidae is derived from Ancient Greek κόρῠθος (kórŭthos, “helmet”) + φᾰνερός (phănerós, “visible”) + -idae, referring to the lizard’s prominent helmet-like head crest.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.