Where does “hipurit” come from?

hipurit (Romanian) comes from English hippurite, from Ancient Greek οὐρά, from Proto-Indo-European ors- — tail.

hipurit (Romanian): hippurite

Definitions

  1. hippurite

Ancestry of “hipurit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhippuriteA fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites,...
2Ancient Greekοὐράthe tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanors-tail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ors- →Every word from Ancient Greek οὐρά →Every word from English hippurite →
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