haddock
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English haddok, from Anglo-Norman hadoc, from Old French hadot. Further origin uncertain, but hadot could have evolved from (h)adoux, (h)adoz, from adoub, from adouber, adober (“to prepare”), cognate with Italian addobbare (“to souse fish or meat”).[1]
The spelling is usually regarded as a diminutive in -ok (see -ock).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
haddock (plural haddock or haddocks)
- A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Irish: cadóg
- → Japanese: ハドック (hadokku)
- → Portuguese: hadoque
- → Scottish Gaelic: adag
- → Welsh: hadog
TranslationsEdit
marine fish
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Weekley, Ernest (2013): An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English haddock.
NounEdit
haddock m (plural haddocks)
- Alternative form of hadoque