The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπερισσός“odd in number”
- translingual · derived fromPerissodactyla
- English todayodd-toed ungulate
From odd-toed (as a translation of the taxonomic name, translingual Perissodactyla, from Ancient Greek περισσός (perissós, “odd in number”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “toe”)) + ungulate.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπερισσός all →
perissadperissology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.