Words that come from Ancient Greek “πτερόν”
179 words across 30 languages descend from Ancient Greek πτερόν — including helicopter, pterygoid, pterodactyl, pterygopalatine, apterous, pterygium, dipterocarp, dipteran.
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English (72)
- helicopter
- pterygoid
- pterodactyl
- pterygopalatine
- apterous
- pterygium
- dipterocarp
- dipteran
- pterostigma
- coleopterous
- hymenopteran
- hymenopterous
- pteron
- pterion
- pterygomaxillary
- hemipteran
- brachypterous
- pteropod
- pterotic
- ectopterygoid
- macropterous
- pteridophyte
- trichopteran
- entopterygoid
- pteridophytic
- basipterygium
- monopteros
- diptericin
- palatopterygoid
- pterygoquadrate
- micropterous
- epipteric
- pteroid
- epipterygoid
- interpterygoid
- pterocardiac
- dipterist
- pteridology
- pterionic
- monopteral
- helicopterlike
- antihelicopter
- pteronophobia
- pteridologist
- pterygial
- tetrapterous
- pteridomania
- coleopteroid
- -pteran
- -pterous
- hemipteral
- hexapterous
- macropteran
- pterido-
- ptero-
- tetrapteran
- tripterous
- hymenopteral
- pterophyte
- basipterygial
- pterygo-
- pterodactylane
- -pter
- pterophore
- brachypteran
- micropteran
- bipterous
- microhymenopteran
- pteridological
- interpterion
- dryopteridaceous
- pteria
Translingual (34)
- Diptera
- Coleoptera
- Hymenoptera
- Pteris
- Pteridophyta
- Pteridopsida
- Hemiptera
- Pteridales
- Balaenoptera
- Balaenopteridae
- Heteroptera
- Polypterus
- Polypteridae
- Polypteriformes
- Pterophyta
- Pteria
- Pteriomorphia
- Pteropus
- Pteropodidae
- Phoenicopterus
- Phoenicopteridae
- Cephalopterus
- Trichoptera
- -ptera
- Isoptera
- Pteridium
- Pteridaceae
- Pterocarpus
- Pterioida
- Pteriidae
- Dryopteris
- Coleopterida
- Pteromys
- Dryopteridaceae