Etymograph

English

ichthyolith

From ichthyo- + -lith, coined in 1974 by Doyle, Kennedy and Riedel.

Formed from ichthyo- + -lith

Proto-Hellenic *ikʰtʰū́s

Ancient Greek ῐ̓χθῡ́ς ‘fish’

English ichthyo-

The story

From ichthyo- + -lith, coined in 1974 by Doyle, Kennedy and Riedel.

Today it means

noun Any disarticulated fossil from a fish, especially a tooth or scale.

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

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