Where does “threadfin” come from?

threadfin (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.

threadfin (English): Any of many perciform fish of the family...

Definitions

  1. Any of many perciform fish of the family...

Ancestry of “threadfin”, step by step

threadfin 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 thread

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthreadA long, thin and flexible form of material,...
2Middle Englishþredthread (of twine or fibre)
3Old Englishþrǣd
4Proto-Germanicþrēduzthread, twisted fibre
5Proto-Indo-Europeantreh₁-tu-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂