The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσαύρα“lizard”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromψιττακός“parrot”
- English todaypsittacosaurus
Coined in 1923 by Henry Fairfield Osborn from Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós, “parrot”) + Ancient Greek σαύρα (saúra, “lizard”), due to its parrot-like beak
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekψιττακός all →
psittac-psittacinepsittacosaurid
Ancient Greekσαύρα all →
psittacosauridsauroid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.