The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀρυκτήρ“miner”
- New Latin · borrowed fromoryctēropūs
- English todayorycterope
From New Latin oryctēropūs, from Ancient Greek ὀρυκτήρ (oruktḗr, “miner”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.