Piscatorial
/ˌpɪskəˈtɔːriəl/noun
Relating to fish or fishing.
Did you know?Piscatorial comes from Latin piscatorius, meaning “of a fisherman,” ultimately from piscis, “fish,” the same root behind several surprisingly distant English words.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peysk-
“Fish”
Latin
Latin
piscis
“Fish”
Latin
Latin
piscator
“Fisherman”
Late Latin
Latin
piscatorius
“Of a fisherman; relating to fishing”
Middle English
English
piscatorial
“Relating to fish or fishing”
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