notornis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνότος“south”
2. translingual · derived fromNotornis“a genus name”
3. English todaynotornis

From translingual Notornis (“a genus name”), from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos, “south”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 19th c. The takahe, Porphyrio mantelli, a flightless rail native to New Zealand.