sciaena

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκίαινα“a sea-fish”, perhaps “a kind of grayling” or “ombre”
2. Latin · borrowed fromsciaena
3. English todaysciaena

From Latin sciaena, from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea-fish”, perhaps “a kind of grayling” or “ombre”), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow, shade”) and -ινα (-ina, suffix forming related feminine nouns).

Words from the same roots