Where does “poisson” come from?

poisson (Bourguignon) comes from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

poisson (Bourguignon): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “poisson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
2Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →