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Added 10 October 2026

fisc

/fɪsk/ noun

Latin root: fiscus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fisc at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse.

Origin

Partly from Middle French fisc and partly from its etymon, Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.

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