English

fisherperson

From fisher + person.

A compound of fisher + person

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’

Latin persōna ‘mask; character, role’

Anglo-Norman parsone

Middle English persoun

Today it means

noun A fisherman or fisherwoman, a fisher.

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

Etymograph / fisherperson