πτερόν
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- feather
- wing
- Any winged creature
- Any wing-like object
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (wing, feather), *peth₂- (fly, spread out, fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peth₂-
Gloss
fly, spread out, fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -pter English
- -pteran English
- -pterous English
- afterfeather English
- apterium English
- befeather English
- defeather English
- dermopterotic English
- dipteran English
- feather English
- feather duster English
- feather-light English
- featherable English
- featherback English
- featherbed English
- featherbone English
- featherdown English
- featherer English
- featherfoil English
- featherfoot English
- feathergrass English
- featherhead English
- featherless English
- featherlike English
- featherly English
- feathermaker English
- feathermoss English
- feathern English
- featherpate English
- feathersome English
- featherstitch English
- feathertail English
- featherweight English
- featherwork English
- feathery English
- gayfeather English
- hymenopteran English
- microhymenopteran English
- midfeather English
- parrotfeather English
- patently English
- peripter English
- peripterous English
- periptery English
- pinfeather English
- protofeather English
- pteranodon English
- pterion English
- pterodactyl English
- pteropod English
- pterotic English
- tailfeather English
- unfeather English
- apterus Latin
- balaena Latin
- ballēna Latin
- brachypterus Latin
- expandere Latin
- hemipterus Latin
- impetus Latin
- lepidopterus Latin
- leucopterus Latin
- macropterus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- micropterus Latin
- pandō Latin
- pateo Latin
- penna Latin
- petere Latin
- petilus Latin
- petītus Latin
- pteria Latin
- pterus Latin
- repetō, repetere, repeto Latin
- xanthopterus Latin
- ornitottero Italian
- balein Dutch, Flemish
- baleine French
- hyménoptère French
- héli- French
- ptérion French
- ptérodactyle French
- himenóptero Spanish, Castilian
- en Ancient Greek
- βραχύς Ancient Greek
- δίπτερος Ancient Greek
- λεπίς Ancient Greek
- λευκός Ancient Greek
- μέλας Ancient Greek
- μακρός Ancient Greek
- μικρός Ancient Greek
- ξανθός Ancient Greek
- πέταλον Ancient Greek
- πέταλος Ancient Greek
- πέτασος Ancient Greek
- πέτηλος Ancient Greek
- πέτομαι Ancient Greek
- πετάννυμι Ancient Greek
- ποταμός Ancient Greek
- πτέρινος Ancient Greek
- πτέρυξ Ancient Greek
- πτερωτός Ancient Greek
- πτωτικός Ancient Greek
- πτωτός Ancient Greek
- πτῶμα Ancient Greek
- πτῶσις Ancient Greek
- φάλαινα Ancient Greek
- φάλλαινα Ancient Greek
- φοινικόπτερος Ancient Greek
- φοῖνῐξ Ancient Greek
- φοῖνῑξ Ancient Greek
- ἀπόπτωσις Ancient Greek
- ἕλιξ Ancient Greek
- ἴσος Ancient Greek
- ἵπταμαι Ancient Greek
- ὑμήν Ancient Greek
- ὑμενόπτερος Ancient Greek
- *pet- Proto-Indo-European
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂eti Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- Proto-Indo-European
- *pípth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *faþmaz Proto-Germanic
- *feþrō Proto-Germanic
- *fiþriją Proto-Germanic
- フェザー Japanese
- पतति Sanskrit
- पातयति Sanskrit
- balene Middle English
- feþer Middle English
- fiðraðr Old Norse
- fjaðraðr Old Norse
- *pero Proto-Slavic
- *pъtakъ Proto-Slavic
- φτερό Greek (modern)
- Hymenoptera Translingual
- *ɸanssā Proto-Celtic
- *ɸetnos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸettiyā Proto-Celtic
- *patnō Proto-Italic
- *petnā Proto-Italic
- ἵπταμαι grc-koi