English
eucynodont
From eu- + cynodont.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- ‘good’
Proto-Hellenic *ehu- ‘good’
Ancient Greek ἐΰς ‘good, brave, noble’
Ancient Greek εὖ ‘well, good’
English eu-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to bite’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts ‘tooth’
Proto-Hellenic *odónts ‘tooth’
Ancient Greek ὀδούς ‘tooth, tusk’
Ancient Greek κύων ‘dog’
English cynodont
Today it means
noun Any therapsid of the infraorder Eucynodontia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / eucynodont