Ichthyic
/ˌɪk.θiˈɪk/noun
Relating to fish.
Did you know?Ichthyic comes from the same Greek root that gave us ichthyology, the study of fish, and that root has been swimming in scholarly English since the 17th century.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peisk-
“fish”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἰχθύς (ichthýs)
“fish”
Late Greek
Greek
ἰχθυϊκός (ichthyikós)
“of fish, fish-like”
17th Century
English
ichthyic
“relating to fish”
Modern English
English
ichthyic
“relating to fish”
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