## Etymology
A compound of fish + wife (in the older sense of 'woman'), from Old English fisc + wīf; originally a woman selling fish, with the pejorative 'coarse, loud woman' sense from such vendors' reputed manner.

## AI Etymology
Fishwife is a compound of fish + wife (in the older sense of 'woman'), from Old English fisc + wīf; originally a woman selling fish, with the pejorative 'coarse, loud woman' sense from such vendors' reputed manner. The etymological trail includes Old English fisc and Old English wīf. As a noun, fishwife names a woman who sells fish; a coarse, loud-mouthed woman. The same family is visible in related forms such as fish and wife. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

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