Etymology

lepidosiren

L1E1P3I1D2O1S1I1R1E1N1

Today it means: A lungfish. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Σειρήν
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΣειρήν“Siren”
  2. English todaylepidosiren

From lepido- + Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΣειρήν all →

siren

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.