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

  1. A person who sells fish; A fishmonger's, a...

Ancestry of “fishmonger”, step by step

fishmonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfishA cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in...
2Middle EnglishfischAn animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...
3Old Englishfisċfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-—

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger

Words derived from “fishmonger”

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