Where does “fishpool” come from?

fishpool (English) comes from Middle English fischpol, from Old English fisċpōl, from Old English pōl, from Proto-West Germanic *pōl, from Proto-Germanic pōlaz, from Proto-Indo-European bale-, from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

fishpool (English): A pool of water containing fish; fishpond

Definitions

  1. A pool of water containing fish; fishpond

Ancestry of “fishpool”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfischpol—
2Old Englishfisċpōlfishpond
3Old Englishpōlpool
4Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
5Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
7Yorubailéhome; house
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