The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστέγη
- English todaystegodont
From the genus name †Stegodon, referring to the shape of the molars: from Ancient Greek στέγη (stégē)/στέγος (stégos, “roof”) and ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”). Doublet of stegodon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.