The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥῑνόκερως“nose-horned”
- Latin · derived fromrhīnocerōs
- English todayrhinoceros
From Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).
Words from the same roots
Latinrhīnocerōs all →
rhinocerot
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.