triceratops的词源

英文词源

triceratops (n.)

dinosaur genus, 1890, from Greek trikeratos "three-horned" + ops "face," literally "eye," from PIE *okw- "to see" (see eye (n.)). The first element is from tri- "three" (see three) + keras (genitive keratos) "horn" (see kerato-).

中文词源

triceratops：三角恐龙 

词根词缀： tri-三 + cerat(-cer-)角 + ops

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：triceratops 词源，triceratops 含义。

triceratops：三角龙

tri-, 三，-cerat,角，词源同 horn,rhinoceros,-ops,眼睛，代指脸，词源同 optical,antelope.因这 种恐龙头上长有三角而得名。