haddock
English edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
haddock (plural haddock or haddocks)
- A marine fish, Melanogrammus aeglefinus, of the North Atlantic, important as a food fish.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Irish: cadóg
- → Japanese: ハドック (hadokku)
- → Portuguese: hadoque
- → Scottish Gaelic: adag
- → Welsh: hadog
Translations edit
marine fish
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References edit
- ^ Weekley, Ernest (2013): An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English haddock.
Noun edit
haddock m (plural haddocks)
- Alternative form of hadoque