Word Origin Summary

Θηρίον is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• Sivatherium

  Translingual · derived from

• Uintatherium

  Translingual · derived from

• Zatheria

  Translingual · derived from

• θηρίο

  Greek · inherited from

• ⲑⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ

  Coptic · borrowed from

• thérien

  French · derived from

• Theria

  Translingual · derived from

• therian

  English · derived from

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