The story
- French · derived fromrequin“shark”
- English todayrequiem shark
Perhaps from French requin (“shark”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchrequin all →
requiemrequin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
requiem shark
Today it means: Any member of the taxonomic family Carcharhinidae (order Carcharhiniformes). Full definition →
French requin