myEtymology.com: English etymology of pearlfish

Etymology of the English word pearlfish

the English word pearlfish

derived from the English word pearl

derived from the Old French word perle

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *pernula

derived from the Latin word perna (ham)

derived from the English word fish

derived from the English word fisc

derived from the French word fisc

derived from the Latin word fiscus (money-bag, purse; imperial exchequer)

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *fiskaz