Where does “Pisces” come from?

Pisces (Portuguese) comes from Latin piscēs, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pisces (Portuguese): Pisces constellation

Definitions

  1. Pisces constellation

Ancestry of “Pisces”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpiscēsthe Fishes, Pisces constellation
2LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
3Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →