pterodactyl

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“wing”
2. French · borrowed fromptérodactyle
3. English todaypterodactyl

From French ptérodactyle, a term coined by Cuvier from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”). By surface analysis, ptero- + -dactyl.

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