English
Frankenfish
From Franken- + fish, from blend of Frankenstein + fish.
Proto-Indo-European *piskós
Proto-Germanic *fiskaz
Proto-West Germanic *fisk
Old English fisċ
Middle English fisch ‘an animal that inhabits the water or the meat…’
English fish
The story
Reintroduced in 2004, when the movie Frankenfish was released.
Today it means
noun A fish that inspires fear for being unnatural in some way, as one that is invasive, or the product of genetic engineering.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Frankenfish