Etymology of the English word filefish
the English word
filefishderived from the English word
filederived from the English word
filederived from the Old French word
filerderived from the Latin word
filarederived from the Latin word
filum (thread; thread, string, filament)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhi-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhī-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*finkhloderived 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
*fiskazDate
The earliest known usage of filefish in English dates from the 18th century.
