The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδασύς“hairy”
- English todaydasyure
From Ancient Greek δασύς (dasús, “hairy”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). By surface analysis, dasy- + -ure (“tail”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδασύς all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.