The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“wing”
- English todaypteroid
From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -oid; by surface analysis, pter(o)- + -oid.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπτερόν all →
pterodactylpterosaurpteranodonapteriummegalopterousperipterperipterousperiptery-pterptericpterionptero-pteroclidpteronpteronophobiapteropodpterostigmapterotic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.