Where does “fishmonger” come from?
Fishmonger derives from English fish and English monger, with fish tracing through French fiche and ficher to Proto-Germanic fiskōną and Proto-Indo-European pisḱ-.
fishmonger (English): A person who sells fish; A fishmonger's, a...
Definitions
- A person who sells fish; A fishmonger's, a...
Ancestry of “fishmonger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fish | A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in... |
| 2 | Middle English | fisch | An animal that inhabits the water or the meat of... |
| 3 | Old English | fisċ | fish |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fisk | fish |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fiskaz | fish |
| 6 | Indo-European | *peysk- | — |
Words derived from “fishmonger”