Where does “blackfishing” come from?
blackfishing (English) comes from English blackfish, from English catfish, from English Cat, from English concatenate, from Latin concatenatus, from Latin concateno, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
blackfishing (English): The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles
Definitions
- The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles
Ancestry of “blackfishing”, step by step
blackfishing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blackfish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blackfish | The Atlantic salmon, "Salmo salar", especially a... |
| 2 | English | catfish | any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found... |
| 3 | English | Cat | A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe, of... |
| 4 | English | concatenate | To join or link together, as though in a chain;... |
| 5 | Latin | concatenatus | which is to be linked or bound together or connected |
| 6 | Latin | concateno | concatenate; link or chain together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |