Etymology

monkfish

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Today it means: Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishmonk
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péysks
  3. Proto-Germanic*fiskaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*fisk
  5. Old Englishfisċ
  6. Middle Englishfisch
  7. Englishfish
  8. English todaymonkfish

From monk + fish.

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