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Where does “dino” come from?

dino (French) comes from French dinosaure, from German Dinosaurier, from Italian dinosauro, from Russian диноза́вр, from Translingual Dinosauria, from Translingual Dinosaurus, from Ancient Greek δεινός, from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ — claw, nail; nail.

dino (French): dino

Definitions

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Ancestry of “dino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdinosauredinosaur
2GermanDinosaurierdinosaur
3Italiandinosaurodinosaur
4Russianдиноза́вр—
5TranslingualDinosauria—
6TranslingualDinosaurus—
7Ancient Greekδεινόςterrible, horrible, fearful, astounding; danger;...
8Ancient Greekὄνυξclaw, nail, hoof, talon; Anything which resembles...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
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