Synonyms & related words for australopithecine

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Words related to australopithecine

Explore words related to australopithecine — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include paranthropus, zinjanthropus, sinanthropus, hominid, pithecanthropus, pongid, dryopithecine, hominoid. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does australopithecine come from?

The word australopithecine breaks down into 4 roots of Latin and Greek origin: austral, from Latin australis (“southern”); o, from Greek -o- (“connective vowel”); pithec, from Greek pithekos (“ape”); and -ine, from Latin -inus (“of, pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.