Where does “finfish” come from?
finfish (English) comes from English fin, from English finasteride, from English -steride, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
finfish (English): Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish
Definitions
- Any fish, but especially fish other than flatfish
Ancestry of “finfish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fin | One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel... |
| 2 | English | finasteride | — |
| 3 | English | -steride | — |
| 4 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ide | — |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |