Etymology

salamandroid

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Today it means: like a salamander Full definition →

English salamander ← Middle English salamandre ← Anglo-Norman salamandre
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekσαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)
  2. Latinsalamandra
  3. Anglo-Normansalamandre
  4. Middle Englishsalamandre
  5. Englishsalamander
  6. English todaysalamandroid

From salamander + -oid.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.