Where does “bathydemersal” come from?

bathydemersal (English) comes from English demersal, from Latin demersus, from Latin demergo, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

bathydemersal (English): A demersed fish living and/or feeding underwater...

Definitions

  1. A demersed fish living and/or feeding underwater...

Ancestry of “bathydemersal”, step by step

bathydemersal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English demersal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdemersalThat lives near the bottom of a body of water;...
2Latindemersussubmerged, overwhelmed
3LatindemergoI sink or submerge; I plunge into; I overwhelm
4Latindē-of; from
5Latinof; concerning; about
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via English bathy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishbathybathymetric
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósEvery word from Latin dē-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pósti