English

Nile perch

From Nile + perch.

A compound of Nile + perch

Ancient Greek Νεῖλος

English Nile

Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- ‘colored’

Ancient Greek πέρκη

Latin perca ‘a perch (fish)’

Old French perche

Middle English perche

English perch

Today it means

noun Lates niloticus, a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Nile perch