Etymograph

English

haddock

Haddock comes from Middle English haddok.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500haddok
  2. Englishtodayhaddock

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500haddok
  2. Englishtodayhaddock

The story

Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (‘to prepare’), cognate with Italian addobbare (‘to souse fish or meat’).uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain. The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).

Every English word from Middle English haddok

Today it means

noun A saltwater fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.

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Etymograph / Middle English haddok / haddock

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