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Webster 1913 Edition
Fisc
Fisc
(fĭsk)
, Noun.
A public or state treasury.
Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fisc
FISC
,Noun.
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 2024
fisc
fisc
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)
Declension
Declension of fisc (strong a-stem)
Descendants
- English: fish