Where does “jellyfish” come from?
Jellyfish comes from English jelly and English fish, with jelly from French gelée, from Latin gēlāta, the feminine past participle of gēlāre meaning to freeze.
jellyfish (English): An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of...
Definitions
- An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of...
Ancestry of “jellyfish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Fish | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “jellyfish”