tragus
English
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) The small piece of thick cartilage of the external ear that is immediately in front of the ear canal.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tragus derived from Ancient Greek τράγος (goat, he-goat, billy goat, part of the ear, lechery, male goat).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τράγος
Gloss
goat, he-goat, billy goat, part of the ear, lechery, male goat
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitragus English
- post-tragus English
- tragalism English
- tragus Latin
- -ος Ancient Greek
- βούτραγος Ancient Greek
- τράγαινα Ancient Greek
- τράγινος Ancient Greek
- τράγιον Ancient Greek
- τράγος Ancient Greek
- τράγω Ancient Greek
- τραγάκανθα Ancient Greek
- τραγέλαφος Ancient Greek
- τραγοπώγων Ancient Greek
- *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- tragedie Danish
- transfegar Old Portuguese
- τραγάκανθα grc-koi
- strega roa-oit