Etymology

tragopan

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Today it means: Any of several species of Asian pheasant of the genus Tragopan. Full definition →

Latin tragopān ← Ancient Greek τράγος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτράγος“he-goat”
  2. Latin · derived fromtragopān“bird found in Ethiopia”
  3. English todaytragopan

From Latin tragopān (“bird found in Ethiopia”), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) + Πάν (Pán, “Pan”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτράγος all →

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