English

lousefish

From louse + fish.

A compound of louse + fish

Proto-Germanic *lūs

Proto-West Germanic *lūs

Old English lūs

Middle English lous

English louse

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 A rare species of remora fish, Phtheirichthys lineatus, found in tropical and subtropical seas all around the world.

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

Etymograph / lousefish