English
agnathan
Agnathan comes from Ancient Greek γνάθος ‘jaw’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγνάθοςgnáthos‘jaw’
- Englishearliest quotation 1956agnathan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγνάθοςgnáthos‘jaw’
- Englishearliest quotation 1956agnathan
Earliest quotation: 1956, D. R. Newth, On the Neural Crest of the Lamprey Embryo: “Thus should the cranial neural crest in cyclostomes prove…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek γνάθος ‘jaw’
Today it means
adj Belonging or pertaining to the superclass Agnatha, the jawless vertebrates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γνάθος / agnathan