The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥύγχος“snout”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄρνῑς“bird”
- translingual · borrowed fromOrnithorhynchus
- English todayornithorhynchus
From translingual Ornithorhynchus (genus name), from Ancient Greek ὄρνῑς (órnīs, “bird”)) + Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὄρνῑς all →
enantiornithine
Ancient Greekῥύγχος all →
rhyncho-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.