English
fisherboy
From fisher + boy.
Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to paint, mark’
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Proto-Germanic *fiskaz ‘fish’
Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz
Old English fisċere
Middle English fischer ‘a fisher’
English fisher
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
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Proto-Germanic *bōjô ‘younger brother’
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia ‘boy’
Middle English boye ‘servant, commoner, knave, boy’
English boy
Today it means
noun A boy employed in catching fish; a young fisherman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fisherboy