porgy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφάγρος“sea bream”
2. Latin · derived fromphagrum
3. Spanish · derived frompargo
4. English todayporgy

From Portuguese or Spanish pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”). The similarity of porgy to paugie, especially in non-rhotic accents, may have reinforced both terms.