English

anguilliform

From Latin anguilla + English -form.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ- ‘water-worm, eel’

Latin anguilla ‘eel’

Latin fōrma ‘shape’

Old French forme ‘shape’

Middle English forme ‘shape’

English form

Today it means

noun Any eel of the order Anguilliformes

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / anguilliform