English
ichthyopterygium
Ichthyopterygium comes from New Latin ichthyopterygium.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900ichthyopterygium
- Englishearliest quotation 1892same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900ichthyopterygium
- Englishearliest quotation 1892same form
Earliest quotation: 1892, On the Anatomy and Physiology of Protopterus annectens: “As already stated, they are used more like limbs…”
A compound of ἰχθύς ‘fish’ + πτερύγιον ‘fin’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰúHs ‘fish’
Ancient Greek ἰχθύς ‘fish’
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’
Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ‘feather’
Proto-Hellenic *pterón
Ancient Greek πτερόν ‘feather’
Ancient Greek πτέρῠξ ‘wing’
Ancient Greek πτερύγιον ‘fin’
Every English word from New Latin ichthyopterygium
Today it means
noun fish fin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin ichthyopterygium / ichthyopterygium