Etymology

kingfish

K5I1N1G2F4I1S1H4

Today it means: Any of several food fishes of the genus Menticirrhus from the Atlantic; kingcroakers. Full definition →

English fish ← Middle English fisch ← Old English fisċ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kunją
  3. Proto-Germanic*kuningaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*kuning
  5. Old Englishcyning
  6. Middle Englishking
  7. Englishking
  8. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  9. Proto-Germanic*fiskaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*fisk
  11. Old Englishfisċ
  12. Middle Englishfisch
  13. Englishfish
  14. English todaykingfish

From king + fish.

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