Etymology of the English word rockfish
the English word
rockfishderived from the English word
rockderived from the Old French word
rochederived from the Vulgar Latin root
*roccaderived from the North French word
roquederived from the French word
roquerderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*roccaderived 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