Where does “monoceros” come from?
monoceros (Old French) comes from Latin monocerōs, from Ancient Greek μονόκερως, from Ancient Greek κέρας, from Proto-Hellenic *kérats.
Ancestry of “monoceros”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | monocerōs | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μονόκερως | single-horned; having one horn |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κέρας | horn; horn as a material, or anything made of... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *kérats | — |
Words derived from “monoceros”