Etymograph

English

agropelter

agro- + pelter?

Formed from agro- + pelter

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

English agro-

Today it means

noun A mythical monster of the United States, said to inhabit hollow tree trunks and hurl wooden splinters and branches at passers-by.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agropelter