Where does “razorfish” come from?
razorfish (English) comes from English razor, from Middle English rasour, from Old French rasour, from Old French raser, from Vulgar Latin raso, from Latin rāsus, from Latin rādō, from Proto-Italic razdō — to scrape, scratch, gnaw.
razorfish (English): Any of various unrelated fish, including those of...
Definitions
- Any of various unrelated fish, including those of...
Ancestry of “razorfish”, step by step
razorfish traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English razor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | razor | A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in... |
| 2 | Middle English | rasour | razor |
| 3 | Old French | rasour | — |
| 4 | Old French | raser | to shave |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | raso | dative masculine singular of rāsus; dative neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | rāsus | scraped, shaved |
| 7 | Latin | rādō | to scrape, shave, scratch |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | razdō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rh₁d-dʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | reh₁d- | to scrape, scratch, gnaw |
via English Fish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fish | The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces |
| 2 | Old English | fiscian | to fish |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fiskōn | to fish, to catch fish |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fiskōną | to fish, to catch fish |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |