Where does “soupfin” come from?
soupfin (English) comes from English fin, from English finasteride, from English -steride, from English -ide, from Middle French -ide, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.
soupfin (English): The school shark
Definitions
- The school shark
Ancestry of “soupfin”, step by step
soupfin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fin | One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel... |
| 2 | English | finasteride | A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males |
| 3 | English | -steride | Used to form names of [[w:5α-reductase |
| 4 | English | -ide | Any of a group of related compounds - azide,... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ide | id (dynast) |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English soup
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | soup | Any of various dishes commonly made by combining... |
| 2 | Middle English | swopen | To sweep debris or litter away; To cleanse or... |
| 3 | Old English | swāpan | to swoop; to sweep, to swing |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swaipan | to sweep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swaipaną | to sweep; to sway, swing; to cast, fling |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kswoybʰ-e-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ksweybʰ- | to move swiftly, make a swift movement; to swing,... |