Pterodactylus

Translingual

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥
Proto-Hellenic *pterón
Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón)
Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos)
French ptérodactyleder.
Translingual Pterodactylus

    Coined by French naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815, as a Latinization of French ptérodactyle.[1] Since the original French term was coined by Georges Cuvier, the authority shows as Cuvier, 1809.

    Proper noun

    Pterodactylus

    1. A taxonomic genus within the order Pterosauria – pterodactyls.

    References

    1. ^ Pterodactylus protologue at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
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