Where does “tubesnout” come from?

tubesnout (English) comes from English tube, from Middle French tube, from Latin tubus, from Latin tuba — A long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube.

tubesnout (English): A small, thin fish of Pacific North American coastal waters, Aulorhynchus flavidus

Definitions

  1. A small, thin fish of Pacific North American coastal waters, Aulorhynchus flavidus

Ancestry of “tubesnout”, step by step

tubesnout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtubeAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...
2Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
3Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
4LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube

via English snout

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnoutThe long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a...
2Middle EnglishsnowteAn animal's snout or trunk; The nose of a person;...
3Old Dutchsnūt—
4Proto-Germanicsnūtazsnout
Every word from Latin tuba →Every word from Latin tubus →Every word from Middle French tube →