Where does “crayfishery” come from?
crayfishery (English) comes from English fishery, from English -ery, from French -erie, from Old French -erie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
crayfishery (English): A place where crayfish are caught or cultivated
Definitions
- A place where crayfish are caught or cultivated
Ancestry of “crayfishery”, step by step
crayfishery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fishery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fishery | Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing... |
| 2 | English | -ery | Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning the... |
| 3 | French | -erie | denoting a shop selling a certain product;... |
| 4 | Old French | -erie | used to form feminine nouns |
| 5 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English crayfish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crayfish | Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in... |
| 2 | Middle English | crevis | crayfish, lobster |
| 3 | Old French | crevice | crayfish, crawfish |
| 4 | Old High German | krebiz | edible crustacean, crab |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | krabit | crustacean |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krabitaz | crustacean |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grebʰ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |