overwordExplorer
LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

esox.

kind of freshwater fish

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɛ.sɔks]Classical-Latin[ˈɛː.s̬oks]
  1. kind of freshwater fish

    declension-3 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Probably from Gaulish *esoks, from Proto-Celtic *esoxs (compare Irish eo (“salmon”), Welsh Welsh eog (“salmon”)); usually also compared to Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σοξ (ĭ́sox, kind of whale-like fish), attested only in a vocabulary list.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

esox has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

esox studioesox workshello, esox

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.