Etymograph

English

synapsid

Synapsid comes from mul Synapsida, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς ‘arch’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *áptō.

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*áptōreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̔́πτω‘to fasten to’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἁψίςhapsís‘arch’
  4. mulmodernSynapsida
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1999synapsid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*áptōreconstructedearlier origin unknown
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̔́πτω‘to fasten to’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἁψίςhapsís‘arch’
  4. mulmodernSynapsida
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1999synapsid

Earliest quotation: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome: “We are synapsid tetrapods, a group of reptiles that…”

Linked words

through Proto-Hellenic *áptō

haptic, 18 more

through Ancient Greek ἁψίς ‘arch’

apse, 3 more

Today it means

adj Pertaining to the class Synapsida of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *áptō / synapsid

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