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Where does “mastigure” come from?

mastigure (English) comes from Translingual Mastigurus, from Ancient Greek οὐρά, from Proto-Indo-European ors- — tail.

mastigure (English): Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus...

Ancestry of “mastigure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualMastigurus—
2Ancient Greekοὐράthe tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanors-tail
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