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Where does “rhinocerical” come from?

rhinocerical (English) comes from English rhinoceros, from Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως, from Ancient Greek κέρας, from Proto-Hellenic *kérats.

rhinocerical (English): Resembling or relating to the rhinoceros or its...

Definitions

  1. Resembling or relating to the rhinoceros or its...

Ancestry of “rhinocerical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrhinocerosAny of several large herbivorous pachyderms...
2Latinrhīnocerōs—
3Ancient Greekῥινόκερωςrhinoceros
4Ancient Greekκέραςhorn; horn as a material, or anything made of...
5Proto-Hellenic*kérats—
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