Where does “Ornithorhynchus” come from?

Ornithorhynchus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ῥύγχος, from Proto-Indo-European srungʰ-.

Ornithorhynchus (Latin): The taxonomic genus Ornithorhynchus

Definitions

  1. The taxonomic genus Ornithorhynchus

Ancestry of “Ornithorhynchus”, step by step

Ornithorhynchus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek ῥύγχος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekῥύγχοςsnout, the nose of an animal, muzzle; beak of a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeansrungʰ-—

via Ancient Greek ὄρνῑς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄρνῑςbird

Words derived from “Ornithorhynchus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European srungʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek ῥύγχος →