Etymology

tarsiid

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Today it means: Any primate in the family Tarsiidae; a tarsier. Full definition →

Latin tarsus ← Ancient Greek ταρσός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromταρσός“wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”
  2. Latin · derived fromtarsus
  3. English todaytarsiid

From French tarsi(er) + -id, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”).

Words from the same roots

Latintarsus all →

tarsustarsiertarsioid

Ancient Greekταρσός all →

tarsustarsiertarsioid

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