The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπτερόν“wing”
- English todaypterotic
From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ὠτικός (ōtikós, “of or for the ear”), from its shape.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπτερόν all →
pterodactylpterosaurpteranodonapteriummegalopterousperipterperipterousperiptery-pterptericpterionptero-pteroclidpteroidpteronpteronophobiapteropodpterostigma
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.