streptocercus
Latin
adj
Definitions
- (New Latin) With a curved tail.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (twisted, curved, bent) + Ancient Greek κέρκος (tail of a beast, rod, stave, tail).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κέρκος
Gloss
tail of a beast, rod, stave, tail
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
棒
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- plerocercoid English
- strepto- English
- ptilo- Latin
- strepto- Italian
- κέρκος Ancient Greek
- κερκοπίθηκος Ancient Greek
- στρέφω Ancient Greek
- στρεπτός Ancient Greek
- *streb(h)- Proto-Indo-European