English
mastigure
Mastigure comes from mul Mastigurus ‘genus Uromastyx’.
- mulmodernMastigurus‘genus Uromastyx’
- Englishtodaymastigure
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- mulmodernMastigurus‘genus Uromastyx’
- Englishtodaymastigure
A compound of μάστιξ ‘a scourge, a whip’ + οὐρά ‘a tail’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- ‘tail, butt’
Ancient Greek οὐρά ‘a tail’
Every English word from mul Mastigurus
Today it means
noun Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mul Mastigurus / mastigure