Etymology

tarsioid

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Today it means: A tarsier or extinct relative; any member of the infraorder Tarsiiformes 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 todaytarsioid

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

Words from the same roots

Latintarsus all →

tarsustarsiertarsiid

Ancient Greekταρσός all →

tarsustarsiertarsiid

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