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Where does “Stegosaurus” come from?

Stegosaurus (Translingual) comes from Ancient Greek στέγος, from Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

Ancestry of “Stegosaurus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekστέγοςroof; house, mansion; urn, grave
2Ancient Greekκρότᾰφος—
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Stegosaurus”

  • stegosaur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →