Etymograph

English

galatrox

Galatrox comes from Latin atrox ‘fierce, savage, bloody’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂h₁tro-h₃kʷs ‘having the appearance of fire’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂h₁tro-h₃kʷs‘having the appearance of fire’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEatrox‘fierce, savage, bloody’
  3. Englishtodaygalatrox

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂h₁tro-h₃kʷs‘having the appearance of fire’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEatrox‘fierce, savage, bloody’
  3. Englishtodaygalatrox

Linked words

through Latin atrox ‘fierce, savage, bloody’

atrocious, atrocity, 1 more

Today it means

noun An acidic galectin from Bothrops atrox snake venom

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂h₁tro-h₃kʷs / galatrox

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