• Question: why are dinosaurs called dinosaurs

    Asked by anon-205942 to Gabriel on 8 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Gabriel Gallardo

      Gabriel Gallardo answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      The word “dinosaur” came from the Greek words for “terrible lizard”. A lot of English words have roots in Greek because Greek was *the* language in the ancient world, much like English is today!

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