myEtymology.com: English etymology of pipefish

Etymology of the English word pipefish

the English word pipefish

derived from the English word pipe

derived from the Old French word pipe

derived from the Latin word pipa (pipe)

derived from the Classical Latin word pipare

derived from the French word piper

derived from the Vulgar Latin word pippare

derived from the Classical Latin word pipare

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