ichthyography -Ich`thy*og”ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ?, ? + graphy: cf. F. ichthyographie.] A treatise on fishes.
piscatology - pis-kuh-tol-uh-jee, n. [L.] Now Rare. The art or science of fishing.
angle – ?ng’g?l, v. [L.] To fish with hook and line.
There are some great words out there related to fishing. Above are a few of them.
Some great words based on the Latin root “Pisci” and the Greek root “Ichthyo.” Since an interesting article has already been written about them, I’ll let you read that instead of my rambling.
Using the online dictionary, Dictionary.com, type in the root “pisci-” (clicking on the link does it for you). Then, on the upper left-hand side, right under where it says “2 results for: pisci-” it says “Browse Nearby Entries.” Hold your mouse over those words and look at all of the fish words with a root of pisci. Just for fun, click on some.
Now, since that was so intriguing, do the same for the root “ichty-“. Again, “Browse Nearby Entries.” Isn’t this fun?
The word “fish” actually derives from the Latin “pisci” Middle English fis(c)h, fyssh, Old English fisc; Latin piscis.
Another Latin-based word is angle, from which we get angler and angling. Origin: bef. 900; ME v. angelen, n. angel, angul, OE angel, angul; c. Fris, D angel, OS, OHG angul (> G Angel), ON ?ngull; Gk ankýlos bent, Skt anku?á- hook; akin to OE anga, OHG ango, L uncus, Gk ónkos hook.
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