dipteran
English
/ˈdɪp.təɹ.ən/
noun
Definitions
- (entomology) An insect of the large order Diptera; a fly.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek δίπτερος (two-winged), πτερόν (wing, feather) + Ancient Greek en.
Origin
Ancient Greek
en
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -pter English
- -pteran English
- -pterous English
- androgynous English
- apterium English
- axiomatic English
- chronotropic English
- dromotropic English
- hymenopteran English
- inotropic English
- monoecious English
- peripter English
- peripterous English
- periptery English
- poliomyelitis English
- pteranodon English
- pteropod English
- pterotic English
- tritrophic English
- balaena Latin
- brachypterus Latin
- lepidopterus Latin
- leucopterus Latin
- macropterus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- micropterus Latin
- pteria Latin
- pterus Latin
- xanthopterus Latin
- Poliomyelitis German
- ornitottero Italian
- héli- French
- poliomyélite French
- ptérion French
- ptérodactyle French
- en Ancient Greek
- δίπτερος Ancient Greek
- πτέρινος Ancient Greek
- πτερόν Ancient Greek
- φοινικόπτερος Ancient Greek
- ὑμενόπτερος Ancient Greek
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- φτερό Greek (modern)