myEtymology.com: English etymology of rosefish

Etymology of the English word rosefish

the English word rosefish

derived from the English word rose

derived from the Old French word rose

derived from the Latin word rosaceus (rose-, made of, from roses)

derived from the Latin word roseus (rose-colored, red)

derived from the Late Latin word rosa (rose; rose bush)

using the Latin suffix -acea

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *er-

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