Where does “Palaeosaurus” come from?

Palaeosaurus (Translingual) comes from Ancient Greek παλαιός, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Palaeosaurus (Translingual): Any of various taxonomic genera of prehistoric reptiles

Definitions

  1. Any of various taxonomic genera of prehistoric reptiles

Ancestry of “Palaeosaurus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπαλαιόςold, aged; ancient, of times past; time-honoured,...
2Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
3Proto-Hellenic*-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek παλαιός →