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Where does “piscatology” come from?

piscatology (English) comes from Latin piscārī, from Hungarian Piskáros, from Latin piscarius, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

piscatology (English): The study of fishing

Definitions

  1. The study of fishing

Ancestry of “piscatology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpiscārī—
2HungarianPiskáros—
3Latinpiscariusof or pertaining to fish or fishing; fishmonger
4LatinPiscis—
5Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →