English
labyrinth fish
From labyrinth + fish; see also labyrinth organ.
A compound of labyrinth + fish
Ancient Greek λᾰβύρῐνθος ‘a maze’
Latin labyrinthus ‘a building with many winding passages, a…’
Middle English laberynt
English labyrinth
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 fish that has a labyrinth organ, a fish of the suborder Anabantoidei, an anabantoid.
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Etymograph / labyrinth fish