Pisces
/ˈpaɪ.siːz/noun
The twelfth sign of the zodiac, represented by two fish, or the constellation associated with it.
Did you know?The zodiac sign Pisces inherits its name from Latin *pisces*, the plural of *piscis* (“fish”), because the constellation was imagined as two fish tied together in the heavens.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peisk-
“to fish; fish”
Latin
Latin
piscis
“fish”
Late Latin
Latin
pisces
“fish (plural), used in astronomical and astrological contexts”
Old French
Old French
piscis / poissons
“fish; influenced later learned borrowings”
Middle English
English
pisces
“the constellation or zodiac sign of Pisces”
Modern English
English
Pisces
“the twelfth sign of the zodiac, or the constellation named for it”
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