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Where does “tyrannosaur” come from?

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

tyrannosaur (English): Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the...

Definitions

  1. Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the...

Ancestry of “tyrannosaur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualTyrannosaurus—
2Translingual-saurusForms genus names of lizards; Forms genus names...
3Ancient GreekσαῦροςAlternative form of σαύρᾱ; horse mackerel
4Ancient Greekσαύραlizard
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