The story
- Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
- Proto-Hellenic*mégas
- Ancient Greekμέγας (mégas)
- Ancient Greekσαύρα (saúra)
- Ancient Greekσαῦρος (saûros)
- taxonomic nameMegalosauru
- English todaymegalosaurus
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Megalosaurus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.