"pertaining to fishing or fishermen," 1630s, from Latin piscatorius "of fishermen," from piscator "fisherman," from piscari "to fish," from pisces "a fish," from PIE root *pisk- "a fish."
Entries linking to piscatory
*pisk-
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "a fish."
It forms all or part of: fish; fishnet; grampus; piscatory; Pisces; piscine; porpoise.
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Latin piscis (source of Italian pesce, French poisson, Spanish pez, Welsh pysgodyn, Breton pesk); Old Irish iasc; Old English fisc, Old Norse fiskr, Gothic fisks.
piscatorial adj.
"pertaining to fishing or fishermen," 1750, from piscatory + -ial. or else from French piscatorial, from Latin piscatorius. Related: Piscatorially.