ammonite en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -ite French ammonitebor. English ammonite From French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis (cornū) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder in reference to coiling ram horns used to symbolise the Egyptian god Amun. Equivalent to Ammon + -ite.
Meanings
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Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
There's more interest to my mind in a neolithic scraper than in a whole show-case-full of ammonites and belemnites.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:There are a few well known shelled giant cephalopods from the fossil record. Some of the largest recorded ammonites are in the genus Parapuzosia, fossils of which reach up to 2m in diameter.
2017 October 31, Mark Carnall, “Searching for the Old Ones: Lovecraftian giant cephalopods and the fossil record”, in The Guardian:Ammonites floated through the world's shallow oceans for more than three hundred million years, and their fossilized shells turn up all around the world.
2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 83:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ammonites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
neoammonite · ammonitologist · ammonitology · ammonitoid · ammonitiferous · ammonitic
Synonyms
Translations (19)
fi ammoniitti (cephalopod) · fr ammonite (cephalopod) · ja アンモナイト (cephalopod) · es amonite (cephalopod) · la ammōnītēs (cephalopod) · hu ammonitesz (cephalopod) · ga amainít (cephalopod) · io amonito (cephalopod) · el αμμωνίτης (cephalopod) · de Ammonit (cephalopod) · tr ammonit (cephalopod) · ko 암모나이트 (cephalopod) · pl amonit (cephalopod) · ru аммони́т (cephalopod) · ca ammonit (cephalopod) · vi cúc đá (cephalopod) · cmn 菊石 (cephalopod) · it ammonite (cephalopod) · pt amonite (cephalopod)
wikipedia: Pliny the Elder · wikipedia: horns of Ammon · wikipedia: ammonite