Etymology of the English word billfish
the English word
billfishderived from the English word
billderived from the English word
bilederived from the French word
bilederived from the Latin word
bilis (bile; gall, bile; wrath)
derived from the Old Norse word
boliderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the English word
fishderived from the English word
fiscderived from the French word
fiscderived from the Latin word
fiscus (money-bag, purse; imperial exchequer)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*fiskazUsage
Word found in Modern English