esca
English
/ˈɛskə/
noun
Definitions
- (ichthyology) fleshy growth from an anglerfish's head that acts as a lure
- (phytopathology) a fungal disease of grape sometimes called black measles of grape
Etymology
Derived from Latin ēsca (food, bait, dish prepared for the table) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (eat, related to eating).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁ed-
Gloss
eat, related to eating
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- edible English
- esculent English
- adesco Latin
- comedo Latin
- comedō Latin
- edulis Latin
- escariola Latin
- escarius Latin
- esculentus Latin
- esurio Latin
- obedo Latin
- vescor Latin
- ēsca Latin
- esca Italian
- esca Spanish, Castilian
- εἶδαρ Ancient Greek
- κατέδω Ancient Greek
- ἐσθίω Ancient Greek
- ἔδω Ancient Greek
- ὀδύνη Ancient Greek
- *h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ed-u- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éd-tōr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁édti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂euw Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European
- *peyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *atjaną Proto-Germanic
- *etaną Proto-Germanic
- *etulaz Proto-Germanic
- *etunaz Proto-Germanic
- *etǭ Proto-Germanic
- *fraetaną Proto-Germanic
- *uzētô Proto-Germanic
- *ēsaz Proto-Germanic
- *ētijaz Proto-Germanic
- *ētǭ Proto-Germanic
- etari Old Norse
- át Old Norse
- ætni Old Norse
- *jasli Proto-Slavic
- *obědъ Proto-Slavic
- *ěďa Proto-Slavic
- فصفص Arabic
- esche Old French
- esca Catalan, Valencian
- esca Galician
- isca Galician
- iască Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- استینه Persian
- dat eten Middle Dutch
- āz Old High German
- eshkë Albanian
- 𐌰𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- ysca Old Portuguese
- *ed- Proto-Celtic
- *essi Proto-Celtic
- *āde Proto-Celtic
- *Had- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- eascã Aromanian
- *edō Proto-Italic
- esca Asturian
- lescje Friulian
- yesca Old Spanish
- *eda Proto-Albanian
- *ēs-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𒀀𒁺𒈾 Luwian