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Where does “raptorish” come from?

raptorish (English) comes from English raptor, from English velociraptor, from New Latin Velociraptor, from Latin vēlōx, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

raptorish (English): Resembling or characteristic of a raptor

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a raptor

Ancestry of “raptorish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishraptorA bird of prey; One who ravishes or plunders; One...
2EnglishvelociraptorA small agile dinosaur, of the genus...
3New LatinVelociraptor—
4Latinvēlōx—
5Latinpēs—
6Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
7Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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