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

  1. An extinct camel-like animal of the genus...

Ancestry of “xiphodon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekξίφοςsword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of...
2Egyptianzftsword; knife
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian zft
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