English

androsphinx

From andro- + sphinx.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ‘man’

Proto-Hellenic *anḗr ‘man’

Ancient Greek ᾱ̆̓νήρ ‘man (adult male)’

Ancient Greek Σφίγξ

Latin Sphinx

Middle English Spynx ‘The Sphinx’

Today it means

noun A sphinx with the head of a man.

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

Etymograph / androsphinx