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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlongtailAny animal that has an unusually long tail...
2EnglishlongHaving much distance from one terminating point...
3EnglishlongitudeAngular distance measured west or east of the...
4Old Frenchlongitude
5Latinlongitūdōlength, longitude; longness
6Latinlongusfar, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,...
7Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English carpet shark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcarpet sharka shark of the order Orectolobiformes; a ferret
2EnglishcarpetA fabric used as a complete floor covering; Any...
3Middle EnglishcarpetteA fabric cover for beds or furniture; a tablecloth or throw
4Old Frenchcarpite
5Medieval Latincarpita
6Latincarperesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatincarpoI pluck, pick, harvest; I tear off, tear out,...
8Proto-Italickarpō
9Proto-Indo-Europeankerp-to pluck, harvest
10Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ