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Webster 1913 Edition

Fisc

Fisc

(fĭsk)
,
Noun.
[F.
fisc
, fr. L.
fiscus
basket, money basket, treasury; prob. akin to
fascis
bundle. See
Fasces
.]
A public or state treasury.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fisc

FISC

,
Noun.
[L. fiscus. Fiscus, signifies a basket or hanaper, probably from the twigs which composed the first baskets. Eng. whisk. The word coincides in elements with basket, and L. fascia, twigs being the primitive bands.]
The treasury of a prince or state; hence to confiscate to take the good of a criminal and appropriate then to the public treasure.

Definition 2025

fisc

fisc

English

Noun

fisc ‎(plural fiscs)

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

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French

Noun

fisc f ‎(plural fiscs)

  1. (economics) fiscal administration

Old English

The word fisc is found on the early 8th century Franks Casket, one of the oldest monuments of Old English.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

fisċ m ‎(nominative plural fisċas)

  1. fish

Declension

Descendants

Old Saxon

Noun

fisc m

  1. Alternative form of fisk

Etymology

From French, from Latin fiscus ‎(“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪsk/
  • IPA(key): /fiʃ/

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