Etymograph

English

ichthyosaurus

Ichthyosaurus comes from mul Ichthyosaurus.

  1. mulmodernIchthyosaurus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1899ichthyosaurus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. mulmodernIchthyosaurus
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1899ichthyosaurus

Earliest quotation: 1899, Joseph Conrad, The Heart of Darkness: “A deadened burst of mighty splashes and snorts reached…”

Formed from ichthyo- + -saurus

Proto-Hellenic *ikʰtʰū́s

Ancient Greek ῐ̓χθῡ́ς ‘fish’

English ichthyo-

Today it means

noun Any members of the genus Ichthyosaurus.

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

Etymograph / mul Ichthyosaurus / ichthyosaurus