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Where does “brontosaurus” come from?

brontosaurus (Czech) comes from New Latin brontosaurus, from Ancient Greek βροντή, from Ancient Greek βρέμω, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrémeti.

brontosaurus (Czech): brontosaur

Definitions

  1. brontosaur

Ancestry of “brontosaurus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinbrontosaurus—
2Ancient Greekβροντήthunder
3Ancient GreekβρέμωI roar; I clash; I shout, I rage
4Proto-Indo-European*bʰrémeti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrémeti →