Where does “archerfish” come from?
archerfish (English) comes from English archer, from Middle English archer, from Old French archier, from Latin arcārius, from Latin arcuārius, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom.
archerfish (English): Any of the species of fish in the family...
Definitions
- Any of the species of fish in the family...
Ancestry of “archerfish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | archer | One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from... |
| 2 | Middle English | archer | — |
| 3 | Old French | archier | archer |
| 4 | Latin | arcārius | — |
| 5 | Latin | arcuārius | — |
| 6 | Latin | arcus | arc, arch; bow; rainbow |
| 7 | Latin | solium | seat, chair; throne, chair of state, official... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodyom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |