Fisc
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noun


(1)   A state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse
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Etymology


From , from .

Noun



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


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Etymology


Germanic *fiskaz, from Indo-European *peisk-, pisk-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian fisk, Old Saxon fisc (Dutch vis), Old High German fisc (German Fisch), Old Norse fiskr (Swedish fisk), Gothic ๐†๐Œน๐ƒ๐Œบ๐ƒ. The IE root is also the source of Latin piscis, Russian ะฟะธัะบะฐั€ัŒ, Irish iasc.
 
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