Where does “opaleye” come from?

opaleye (English) comes from English Opal, from French opale, from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος, from Sanskrit उपल, from Sanskrit उपरि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan upári, from Proto-Indo-Iranian upári.

opaleye (English): A fish, Girella nigricans

Definitions

  1. A fish, Girella nigricans

Ancestry of “opaleye”, step by step

opaleye traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Opal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOpalfrom the precious stone, invented in the nineteenth century
2Frenchopaleopal
3Latinopalusopal
4Byzantine Greekὀπάλλιοςopal
5Sanskritउपलstone; gem, stone
6Sanskritउपरिover; above; beyond
7Proto-Indo-Aryanupári
8Proto-Indo-Iranianupáriabove, over
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
10Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via English Eye

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEyeA place name
2English-someCharacterized by some specific condition or...
3Middle English-somsome; having a specific quality
4Old Englishsumsome
5Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
6Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér
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