Where does “pachycephalosaur” come from?

pachycephalosaur (English) comes from Translingual Pachycephalosaurus, from Translingual -saurus, from Ancient Greek σαῦρος, from Ancient Greek σαύρα — lizard.

pachycephalosaur (English): Any of a group of herbivorous dinosaurs, of the genus Pachycephalosaurus from the late Cretaceous period

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of herbivorous dinosaurs, of the genus Pachycephalosaurus from the late Cretaceous period

Ancestry of “pachycephalosaur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualPachycephalosaurusgenus|a dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian faunal stage) of what is now North America}} Currently contains only the species †Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis
2Translingual-saurusForms genus names of lizards; Forms genus names...
3Ancient GreekσαῦροςAlternative form of σαύρᾱ; horse mackerel
4Ancient Greekσαύραlizard
Every word from Ancient Greek σαύραEvery word from Ancient Greek σαῦροςEvery word from Translingual -saurus