The story
- Latin · derived fromrhinoceros
- English todayrhinocerot
From the inflected stem of Latin rhinoceros. Compare Middle French rhinocerote, obsolete Italian rinocerote.
Words from the same roots
Latinrhinoceros all →
rhinoceros
First known use, by meaning
- from 14th c. The rhinoceros.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.