English

logperch

From log + perch.

A compound of log + perch

Middle English logge ‘large long stick’

English log

Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- ‘colored’

Ancient Greek πέρκη

Latin perca ‘a perch (fish)’

Old French perche

Middle English perche

English perch

Today it means

noun Any fish in the genus Percina.

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

Etymograph / logperch