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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French fisc, from Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fisc (plural fiscs)
- (Ancient Rome) The public treasury of Rome.
- Any state treasury or exchequer.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 340:
- When they had resolved to appropriate to the Fisc, a certain portion of the landed property of their conquered country, it was their business to render their bank a real fund of credit […].
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 340:
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fisc m (plural fiscs)
- (economics) fiscal administration
- government department of taxation
Further reading[edit]
- “fisc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *fisk, Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ- (“fish”).
Noun[edit]
fisc m
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle Dutch: visch
Further reading[edit]
- “fisk”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English[edit]

The word fisc is found on the early 8th century Franks Casket, one of the oldest monuments of Old English ("ᚠᛁᛋᚳ.ᚠᛚᚩᛞᚢ" or "fisc flódu") .
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fisċ m (nominative plural fiscas)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fisc (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- fisċere (“fisherman”)
- fiscian (“to fish”)
- fisċnett (“fishing net”)
- sċielfisċ (“shellfish”)
- *sweordfisċ (“swordfish”)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- angol (“fishhook”)
Old Saxon[edit]
Noun[edit]
fisc m
- Alternative form of fisk
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
fisc n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
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