Etymology of the English word cardinalfish
the English word
cardinalfishderived from the English word
cardinalderived from the French word
cardinalderived from the Latin word
cardinalis (pertaining to a door hinge; cardinal, prince of Catholic Church; cardinal, principle, chief)
using the Latin suffix
-alisderived from the Latin word
cardo (hinge; pole, axis)
derived from the Classical Latin word
carduus (thistle; prickly bur, seed-vessel)
derived from the English word
fishderived from the English word
fiscderived from the French word
fiscderived from the Latin word
fiscus (money-bag, purse; imperial exchequer)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*fiskazUsage
Word found in Modern English
