Etymology

gallimimus

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Today it means: A theropod dinosaur of the genus Gallimimus that lived in what is now Mongolia during the Late Cretaceous period. Full definition →

taxonomic name Gallimimu ← Latin mīmus ← Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gelH-der.?
  2. Latingallus
  3. Ancient Greekμῖμος (mîmos)
  4. Latinmīmus
  5. taxonomic nameGallimimu
  6. English todaygallimimus

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Gallimimus.

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