sciaenoid

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκίαινα“a sea fish, probably either Sciaena umbra or Umbrina cirrosa”
2. Latin · derived fromsciaena“a kind of sea fish, perhaps a kind of grayling or ombre: Thymallus thymallus”
3. English todaysciaenoid

Latin sciaena (“a kind of sea fish, perhaps a kind of grayling or ombre: Thymallus thymallus”), from Ancient Greek σκίαινα (skíaina, “a sea fish, probably either Sciaena umbra or Umbrina cirrosa”), + -oid.

Words from the same roots