Etymology of the English word spearfish
the English word
spearfishderived 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
spearderived from the Old French word
esperederived from the Latin word
sphaera (globe, sphere, orb)
derived from the Greek word
sphaira, σφαῖρα, σϕαῖρα (ball)
unkown origins
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*speriUsage
Word found in Modern English
