English
amphiptere
Amphiptere comes from French amphiptère.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentamphiptère
- Englishearliest quotation 1903amphiptere
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentamphiptère
- Englishearliest quotation 1903amphiptere
Earliest quotation: 1903, Jean Baptista Rietstap, Armoires des familles contenues dans l'armorial général: “Plate G 1. Salamander. 2. Bars indorsed. 3. Bat.…”
A compound of ἀμφί ‘<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">amphi-</i>’ + πτερόν ‘wing’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi ‘round about, around’
Proto-Hellenic *ampʰí
Ancient Greek ἀμφί ‘<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">amphi-</i>’
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’
Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ‘feather’
Proto-Hellenic *pterón
Ancient Greek πτερόν ‘wing’
Every English word from French amphiptère
Today it means
noun A type of winged serpent, with two bat-like wings and typically with no other limbs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French amphiptère / amphiptere