Etymograph

English

fishpool

Fishpool comes from Old English fisċpōl ‘fishpond’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150fisċpōl‘fishpond’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fischpol
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1960fishpool

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150fisċpōl‘fishpond’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fischpol
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1960fishpool

Earliest quotation: 1960, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird: “Yes,” said our father, when Jem asked him if…”

A compound of fish + pool

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

Proto-Germanic *pōlaz ‘pool’

Proto-West Germanic *pōl

Old English pōl ‘pool’

Middle English pool

English pool

Every English word from Old English fisċpōl

Today it means

noun A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.

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

Etymograph / Old English fisċpōl / fishpool

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