The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτύλη“knob, hump”
- English todaytylopod
From Ancient Greek τύλη (túlē, “knob, hump”) + -pod (“foot”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτύλη all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tylopod
Today it means: Any even-toed ungulate mammal, of the suborder Tylopoda, including the camels. Full definition →
Ancient Greek τύλη