Where does “tetra” come from?
Tetra comes from Translingual Tetragonopterus, a genus name combining Greek tetra- meaning four with -gon- meaning angle and -pterus meaning wing.
tetra (English): Any of numerous species of small South American...
Definitions
- Any of numerous species of small South American...
Ancestry of “tetra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Tetragonopterus | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πτερόν | feather; wing; Any winged creature |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |
Words derived from “tetra”