Etymograph

English

Volans

Volans comes from Latin piscis volāns ‘flying fish’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpiscis volāns‘flying fish’
  2. EnglishtodayVolans

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpiscis volāns‘flying fish’
  2. EnglishtodayVolans

The story

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. Shortened from Piscis Volans, from Latin piscis volāns (‘flying fish’).

Every English word from Latin piscis volāns

Today it means

name A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.

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

Etymograph / Latin piscis volāns / Volans

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