Etymograph

English

gorgosaurus

Gorgosaurus comes from Ancient Greek γοργός ‘grim, fierce, terrible’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγοργόςgorgós‘grim, fierce, terrible’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1930gorgosaurus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγοργόςgorgós‘grim, fierce, terrible’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1930gorgosaurus

Earliest quotation: 1930, Murray, Ruth Throughout the Ages: “No. 1 is in the Stone age, the time…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek γοργός

Today it means

noun A tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur of the genus Gorgosaurus that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian), between about 76.6 and 75.1 million years ago.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek γοργός / gorgosaurus

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