The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστέγος“roof”
- English todaystegodon
From the genus name †Stegodon, referring to the shape of the molars: from Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + translingual -odon. Doublet of stegodont.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστέγος all →
omostegitestegokrotaphic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.