The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“a wing, a feather”
- English todaypteropod
From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “a wing, a feather”) + ποδός (podós), genitive singular of πούς (poús, “a foot, a leg”). Equivalent to ptero- + -pod.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπτερόν all →
pterodactylpterosaurpteranodonapteriummegalopterousperipterperipterousperiptery-pterptericpterionptero-pteroclidpteroidpteronpteronophobiapterostigmapterotic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.