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How do we know the ''saur'' part in its English name comes from Ancient Greek for lizard, and not from dino''saur''? [[User:Golden Trainer|Golden Trainer]] ([[User talk:Golden Trainer|talk]]) 17:50, 8 January 2020 (UTC) | How do we know the ''saur'' part in its English name comes from Ancient Greek for lizard, and not from dino''saur''? [[User:Golden Trainer|Golden Trainer]] ([[User talk:Golden Trainer|talk]]) 17:50, 8 January 2020 (UTC) | ||
:Well, the “saur” part in “dinosaur” means “lizard” as well. The literal meaning of the “dinosaur” term is “scary lizard”.—[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 19:15, 8 January 2020 (UTC) | :Well, the “saur” part in “dinosaur” means “lizard” as well. The literal meaning of the “dinosaur” term is “scary lizard”.—[[User:Mister Wu|Mister Wu]] ([[User talk:Mister Wu|talk]]) 19:15, 8 January 2020 (UTC) | ||
::Even if that's the case, I think it's misleading to directly reference the Greek word and make no mention of "dinosaur". As it stands, the Name Origin section makes it sound like the localization team was trying to invoke the word "lizard", when I think it's more likely they were going for "dinosaur", seeing how most English Pokémon names are made up of combined English words, and it would be weird for them to call the grass starter a lizard when that's what the fire starter is supposed to be. | |||
::For comparison, look at the Werehog from Sonic Unleashed. "Were" means man, while a "hog" is a pig. But in that case, it's clear it's actually meant to be a combination of ''were''wolf and hedge''hog'', seeing it's literally Sonic turned into a werewolf. So saying that the name is derived just from "were" and "hog" would be inaccurate and misleading. [[User:Golden Trainer|Golden Trainer]] ([[User talk:Golden Trainer|talk]]) 22:58, 8 January 2020 (UTC) | |||