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Where does “shark-finned” come from?

shark-finned (English) comes from English finned, from English fin, from English finasteride, from English -steride, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a.

shark-finned (English): Having one or more shark fins or resembling shark...

Definitions

  1. Having one or more shark fins or resembling shark...

Ancestry of “shark-finned”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfinnedHaving fins; simple past tense and past...
2EnglishfinOne of the appendages of a fish, used to propel...
3Englishfinasteride—
4English-steride—
5English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
6Middle French-ide—
7Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-Italic-ā—
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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