Where does “pickeerer” come from?
pickeerer (English) comes from English pickeer, from French picorer, 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".
pickeerer (English): One who pickeers
Ancestry of “pickeerer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pickeer | To make a raid for booty; to maraud; To skirmish... |
| 2 | French | picorer | to maraud, pillage, rampage; to nibble, peck |
| 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" |