Etymology

ichnofossil

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Today it means: A trace fossil; a fossil record that preserves some activity of an organism, but no part of the organism itself. Full definition →

English fossil ← French fossile ← Latin fossili
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́χνος (ĭ́khnos)
  2. Englishichno-
  3. Latinfoss-
  4. Latinfossili
  5. Frenchfossile
  6. Englishfossil
  7. English todayichnofossil

From ichno- + fossil.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.