English
infantfish
From infant + fish, from their small size.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to speak’
Latin fāns ‘speaking’
Latin īnfāns ‘an infant’
Anglo-Norman enfaunt
Middle English infaunt ‘baby, infant’
English infant
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 marine fish of the genus Schindleria.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / infantfish