Where does “longtail carpet shark” come from?
longtail carpet shark (English) comes from English longtail, from English long, from English longitude, from Old French longitude, from Latin longitūdō, from Latin longus, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
longtail carpet shark (English): Any shark of the family Hemiscylliidae
Definitions
- Any shark of the family Hemiscylliidae
Ancestry of “longtail carpet shark”, step by step
longtail carpet shark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English longtail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | longtail | Any animal that has an unusually long tail... |
| 2 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 3 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 4 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 5 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 6 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English carpet shark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | carpet shark | a shark of the order Orectolobiformes; a ferret |
| 2 | English | carpet | A fabric used as a complete floor covering; Any... |
| 3 | Middle English | carpette | A fabric cover for beds or furniture; a tablecloth or throw |
| 4 | Old French | carpite | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | carpita | — |
| 6 | Latin | carpere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | carpo | I pluck, pick, harvest; I tear off, tear out,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | karpō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kerp- | to pluck, harvest |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |