Where does “κερκοπίθηκος” come from?

κερκοπίθηκος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πίθηκος, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

κερκοπίθηκος (Ancient Greek): kind of longtailed ape

Definitions

  1. kind of longtailed ape

Ancestry of “κερκοπίθηκος”, step by step

κερκοπίθηκος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πίθηκος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπίθηκοςape, monkey; trickster, jackanapes; dwarf
2Ancient GreekἌνθρωποςhuman being; person (as differentiated from gods, beasts, etc.)
3Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
4Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
5Proto-Italic-os
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Ancient Greek κέρκος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκέρκοςthe tail of a beast; a penis; a handle

Words derived from “κερκοπίθηκος

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ósEvery word from Latin -usEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος