Where does “outpicket” come from?
outpicket (English) comes from English picket, from French piquet, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic pikōną — "low-pitch humming noise".
outpicket (English): A military picket or outpost
Definitions
- A military picket or outpost
Ancestry of “outpicket”, step by step
outpicket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English picket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | picket | A stake driven into the ground; A type of... |
| 2 | French | piquet | picket; A school punishment in which a student... |
| 3 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 4 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 5 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 7 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |