Etymology

orycterope

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New Latin oryctēropūs ← Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὀρυκτήρ“miner”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromoryctēropūs
  3. English todayorycterope

From New Latin oryctēropūs, from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὀρυκτήρ all →

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