English
acanthopteri
Acanthopteri comes from mul-tax Acanthopteri.
- mul-taxmodernAcanthopteri
- Englishtodayacanthopteri
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- mul-taxmodernAcanthopteri
- Englishtodayacanthopteri
A compound of ἄκανθα ‘thorn’ + πτερόν ‘feather’
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’
Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ‘feather’
Proto-Hellenic *pterón
Ancient Greek πτερόν ‘feather’
Every English word from mul-tax Acanthopteri
Today it means
noun A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mul-tax Acanthopteri / acanthopteri