Exocet

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐξώκοιτος“a kind of fish resting on shore”
2. New Latin · derived fromexocoetus
3. French · borrowed fromExocet
4. English todayExocet

From French Exocet, from exocet (“flying fish”), from New Latin exocoetus, from Ancient Greek ἐξώκοιτος (exṓkoitos, “a kind of fish resting on shore”), from ἔξω (éxō, “out, outside, without”) + κοῖτος (koîtos, “place of rest, bed”).