English

anglerfish

From angler + fish.

A compound of angler + fish

Middle English angler

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 Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.

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

Etymograph / anglerfish