monoceros

monoceros · noun¹

1. Latin · derived frommonocerōs
2. Old French · derived frommonoceros
3. English todaymonoceros

From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs.

Monoceros · proper noun²

1. Latin · derived frommonocerōs“unicorn”
2. English todayMonoceros

First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius. From Latin monocerōs (“unicorn”).

Words from the same roots