English
pteryla
Pteryla comes from Ancient Greek ὕλη ‘forest’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕληhúlē‘forest’
- Englishtodaypteryla
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕληhúlē‘forest’
- Englishtodaypteryla
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swel- ‘firewood, wood, beam’
swell, swollen, methyl, ethyl, ethane, swole, swill, isopropyl, phenyl, 33 more
Today it means
noun One of the areas of a bird's skin on which feathers grow.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὕλη / pteryla