The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρο-“before”
- English todaypropterygium
From Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “before”) + πτερῠ́γιον (pterŭ́gion, “a fin”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρο- all →
propolisproemptosisproostracumproscolexprozeugma
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.