Where does “neotropical silverside” come from?
neotropical silverside (English) comes from English silverside, from English Side, from Middle English side, from Old English sīde, from Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Medieval Latin sida, from Late Latin seta, from Latin saeta — to satiate, satisfy.
neotropical silverside (English): Any species of silverside of the family Atherinopsidae
Definitions
- Any species of silverside of the family Atherinopsidae
Ancestry of “neotropical silverside”, step by step
neotropical silverside traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English silverside
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | silverside | Any of several small fish, mostly in families... |
| 2 | English | Side | A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape |
| 3 | Middle English | side | custom |
| 4 | Old English | sīde | side, flank |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sīdā | side |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | sida | — |
| 7 | Late Latin | seta | Alternative form of saeta; hair, bristle; bristle |
| 8 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |
via English neotropical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | neotropical | Occurring in tropical America, i.e. the tropics... |
| 2 | English | tropical | Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial... |
| 3 | English | tropic | Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′... |
| 4 | French | tropique | tropic |
| 5 | Late Latin | tropicus | of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τροπικός | of or pertaining to a turn or change; of or... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τροπή | a turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ή | suffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ᾱ | nominal suffix |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |