Where does “hoodfisher” come from?
hoodfisher (English) comes from English hoodfish, from English -fish, from English catfish, from English Cat, from English concatenate, from Latin concatenatus, from Latin concateno, from Latin cōn- — resin.
hoodfisher (English): One who engages in hoodfishing
Definitions
- One who engages in hoodfishing
Ancestry of “hoodfisher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hoodfish | To pretend to be from a city that one is dating in |
| 2 | English | -fish | Forming terms denoting [[disingenuous#Adjective |
| 3 | English | catfish | any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found... |
| 4 | English | Cat | A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe, of... |
| 5 | English | concatenate | To join or link together, as though in a chain;... |
| 6 | Latin | concatenatus | which is to be linked or bound together or connected |
| 7 | Latin | concateno | concatenate; link or chain together |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |