Etymology of the English word shellfish
the English word
shellfishderived 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
*fiskazderived from the English word
shellderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*skel-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skaljoUsage
Word found in Modern English