The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromοὐροπύγιον“tail feathers”
- English todayuropygium
Mediaeval Latin, from Ancient Greek οὐροπύγιον (ouropúgion, “tail feathers”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
uropygium
Today it means: The posterior part of a bird's body from which the tailfeathers grow. Full definition →
Ancient Greek οὐροπύγιον