fisc

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension 2.3.2 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French, from Latin fiscus (“‘basket", "money-bag", "public treasury’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɪsk/

[edit] Noun

fisc (plural fiscs)

1. (historical) The public treasury of ancient Rome.
2. Any state treasury or exchequer.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of cfis
• fics

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Germanic *fiskaz, from Indo-European *peisk-, pisk-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fisk, Old Saxon fisc (Dutch vis), Old High German fisc (German Fisch), Old Norse fiskr (Swedish fisk), Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃. The IE root is also the source of Latin piscis, Russian пискарь, Irish iasc.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fiʃ/

[edit] Noun

fisc m.

1. fish

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	fisc	fiscas
accusative	fisc	fiscas
genitive	fisces	fisca
dative	fisce	fiscum

[edit] Descendants

• English: fish