Where does “pickax” come from?

pickax (English) comes from English pickaxe, from Old French picois, from Latin picosa, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

pickax (English): Alternative spelling of pickaxe

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of pickaxe

Ancestry of “pickax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpickaxeA heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end...
2Old Frenchpicois—
3Latinpicosapickaxe
4Latinpīcamagpie
5Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Latin pīca →Every word from Latin picosa →