English

amberfish

From amber + fish.

A compound of amber + fish

Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 ‘ambergris’

Arabic عَنْبَر ‘ambergris’

Old French aumbre

Middle English ambre ‘a bucket’

English amber

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

Today it means

noun An amberjack.

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

Etymograph / amberfish