Where does “marisco” come from?

marisco (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese isco, from Galician isca, from Old Portuguese isca, from Latin ēsca, from Latin edō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

marisco (Portuguese): shellfish; seafood

Definitions

  1. shellfish; seafood

Ancestry of “marisco”, step by step

marisco traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese isco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseiscobait
2Galicianiscatinder; bait; shoo!
3Old Portugueseisca—
4Latinēscafood
5Latinedōto eat
6Latin-ilis-ile
7Proto-Italic-elis—
8Proto-Indo-European-elis—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Portuguese mar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesemarsea; a multitude; a great amount or number of...
2Old Portuguesemarsea
3Latinmaresea; ablative singular of mās
4Proto-Italicmarisea
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “marisco”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ilis →Every word from Latin edō →