The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“wing”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέγας“large”
- English todaymegalopterous
From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -ous
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέγας all →
megamega-megacyclitemegalo-megapolismegasporangiummegathere
Ancient Greekπτερόν all →
pterodactylpterosaurpteranodonapteriumperipterperipterousperiptery-pterptericpterionptero-pteroclidpteroidpteronpteronophobiapteropodpterostigmapterotic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.