Etymograph

English

Pisces

Pisces comes from Latin piscis ‘fish’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to paint, mark’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peyḱ-‘to paint, mark’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pisk-í-s‘fish’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*piskis‘fish’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpiscis‘fish’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpiscēsnominative plural of piscis
  6. EnglishtodayPisces

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peyḱ-‘to paint, mark’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pisk-í-s‘fish’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*piskis‘fish’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpiscis‘fish’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpiscēsnominative plural of piscis
  6. EnglishtodayPisces

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to paint, mark’

picture, file, fish, paint, feud, pint, depiction, depict, pigment, pictorial, pimento, 26 more

through Latin piscis ‘fish’

piscina, 10 more

Today it means

name A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured as a pair of fish with their tails tied by a ribbon.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- / Pisces

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