The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“wing”
- English todaypteranodon
From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”). By surface analysis, ptero- + an- + -odon.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπτερόν all →
pterodactylpterosaurapteriummegalopterousperipterperipterousperiptery-pterptericpterionptero-pteroclidpteroidpteronpteronophobiapteropodpterostigmapterotic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.