Where does “splitfin” come from?

splitfin (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.

splitfin (English): Any fish in the freshwater cyprinodontid family Goodeidae

Definitions

  1. Any fish in the freshwater cyprinodontid family Goodeidae

Ancestry of “splitfin”, step by step

splitfin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfinOne of the appendages of a fish, used to propel...
2EnglishfinasterideA medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males
3English-sterideUsed to form names of [[w:5α-reductase
4English-ideAny of a group of related compounds - azide,...
5Middle French-ideid (dynast)
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via English Split

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSplitTo divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line
2Serbo-CroatianSplȉt
3ItalianSpalato
4LatinSpalatum
5Ancient GreekΣπάλαθος
6Ancient GreekἈσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
7Ancient Greekἀσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂