Where does “xiphodon” come from?
xiphodon (English) comes from Ancient Greek ξίφος, from Egyptian zft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
xiphodon (English): An extinct camel-like animal of the genus...
Definitions
- An extinct camel-like animal of the genus...
Ancestry of “xiphodon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | ξίφος | sword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of... |
| 2 | Egyptian | zft | sword; knife |
| 3 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 4 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |