Where does “Pucklike” come from?
Pucklike (English) comes from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn — "low-pitch humming noise".
Pucklike (English): Resembling or characteristic of the mythological...
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- Resembling or characteristic of the mythological...
Ancestry of “Pucklike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Puck | — |
| 2 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 3 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 4 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 5 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 6 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 8 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |