Etymograph

English

scombroid

Scombroid comes from Ancient Greek σκόμβρος ‘tuna, mackerel’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκόμβρος1skómbros‘tuna, mackerel’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1973scombroid1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English scombroid
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1973, Thomas Pynchon: “‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick…”.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσκόμβροςWiktionary, English scombroidskómbros‘tuna, mackerel’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1973scombroidWiktionary, English scombroid. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1973, Thomas Pynchon: “‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick…”

Formed from oid

Every English word from Ancient Greek σκόμβρος

Today it means

adj Pertaining to mackerel.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “scombroid”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek σκόμβρος / scombroid

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