mastigure

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμάστιξ“a scourge, a whip”
2. translingual · derived fromMastigurus“genus Uromastyx”
3. English todaymastigure

From translingual Mastigurus (“genus Uromastyx”), from Ancient Greek μάστιξ (mástix, “a scourge, a whip”) + οὐρά (ourá, “a tail”). Compare Uromastyx. By surface analysis, mastigo- + -ure (“tail”).

Words from the same roots