Etymology

petroglyph

pe·tro·glyph
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Today it means: A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times. Full definition →

French pétroglyphe ← Ancient Greek πέτρα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέτρα“rock”
  2. French · borrowed frompétroglyphe
  3. English todaypetroglyph

From French pétroglyphe, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”). By surface analysis, petro- + glyph.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπέτρα all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.