Where does “squalide” come from?

squalide (Italian) comes from Latin squalus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos — large fish; sheatfish.

squalide (Italian): Any member of the Squalidae taxonomic family

Definitions

  1. Any member of the Squalidae taxonomic family

Ancestry of “squalide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsqualusa kind of sea fish, thought to be a shark;...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kʷáloslarge fish; sheatfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kʷálos →Every word from Latin squalus →
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