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pisciculus.

little fish;

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. diminutive of piscis (“fish”)

    declension-2 · diminutive · form-of · masculine

  2. minnow

    declension-2 · masculine

  3. tiddler

    declension-2 · masculine

  4. In plural, an early name for Christians, in reference to the waters of baptism, and in allusion to the vesica piscis

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Italic *piskis Latin piscis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin pisciculus From piscis (“fish”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

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