SELFISH

just knew this one last night from good friend of me NINA MEGAWATI after thinking about this since very long time ago...

SELFISH come from self + ish so no wonder selfish meaning according to http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/selfish?view=uk

selfish

• adjective concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure at the expense of consideration for others.

which is self mean

self-

/self-/

• combining form 1 of or directed towards oneself or itself: self-hatred. 2 by one’s own efforts; by its own action: self-adjusting. 3 on, in, for, or relating to oneself or itself: self-adhesive.

and -ish mean

-ish

• suffix forming adjectives: 1 (from nouns) having the qualities or characteristics of: girlish. 2 of the nationality of: Swedish. 3 (from adjectives) somewhat: yellowish. 4 informal denoting an approximate age or time of day: sixish.

not like i thought for this long time selfish come from self + fish which is fish mean

fish¹

• noun (pl. same or fishes) 1 a limbless cold-blooded animal with a backbone, gills and fins, living wholly in water. 2 the flesh of fish as food. 3 informal a person who is strange in a specified way: he’s a cold fish.

• verb 1 catch fish with a net or hook and line. 2 (fish out) pull or take out of water or a receptacle. 3 grope or feel for something concealed. 4 (fish for) try subtly or deviously to obtain (a response or information).

— PHRASES all’s fish that comes to the net proverb you can or should take advantage of anything that comes your way. a big fish an important person. a big fish in a small pond a person who is important only within a small community. a fish out of water a person who feels out of place in their surroundings. have other (or bigger) fish to fry have more important matters to attend to.

— DERIVATIVES fishing noun.

— USAGE The normal plural of fish is fish, as in he caught two huge fish; however the older form fishes is still used when referring to different kinds of fish: freshwater fishes of the British Isles.

no wonder never understand :P how come self + fish can become something about egocentric hahahahhaha
1000 thanks for NINA MEGAWATI good job gal!!!! She is Indonesian and my American/Aussie friends even cant explain that to me.

Thats my biggest question for long time since I can understand whatever come from what + ever and each word has own meaning which is make a sense when those become one is whatever has exact meaning with what + ever

yyyyeeeeeehhhhhaaawwwwww!!!!!!!!