Ancient Greek
πτερόν
‘feather’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek πτερόν.
21 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek πτερόν, most familiar first.
- helicopter ← hélicoptère
- pterygoid ← pterygoīdēs ← πτερῠγοειδής ← πτέρῠξ
- pteranodon
- pterygium ← πτερύγιον ← πτέρυξ
- ornithopter ← ornithoptère
- pterostigma
- apteral ← ἄπτερος
- apterium
- dipteros ← δίπτερος
- hexapterous ← ἑξαπτέρυγος ← πτέρῠξ
- monopteros ← μονόπτερος
- peripterous
More words from πτερόν
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Etymograph / Ancient Greek πτερόν