Where does “tadpole goby” come from?

tadpole goby (English) comes from English goby, from Latin Gobius, from Ancient Greek κωβιός — sort of fish of the gudgeon kind.

tadpole goby (English): Any fish of the genus Benthophilus, distributed through the deeper regions of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov

Definitions

  1. Any fish of the genus Benthophilus, distributed through the deeper regions of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov

Ancestry of “tadpole goby”, step by step

tadpole goby traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English goby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgobyAny of various small fish from the large family...
2LatinGobiusgudgeon (Gobio gobio and similar fish)
3Ancient Greekκωβιόςsort of fish of the gudgeon kind

via English tadpole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtadpoleA young toad or frog in its larval stage of...
2Middle Englishtadpolle—
Every word from Ancient Greek κωβιός →