Etymology of the English word jewelfish
the English word
jewelfishderived from the English word
jewelderived from the Old French word
jouelderived from the Old French word
jeuderived from the Latin word
iocus (joke, jest; sport)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*yek-derived from the Anglo-Norman word
juelderived from the Latin root
*iocalederived from the Latin root
*iocalisderived from the Latin word
iocus (joke, jest; sport)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*yek-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