Where does “picklist” come from?

picklist (English) comes from English pick, from Middle English piken, from Middle English pyke, from Old English pīc, from Proto-Germanic *pīk, from Latin pix, from Proto-Indo-European pik-, from Proto-Indo-European pi- — sap, juice.

picklist (English): A list of items to be gathered from a warehouse;...

Definitions

  1. A list of items to be gathered from a warehouse;...

Ancestry of “picklist”, step by step

picklist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpickA tool used for digging; a pickaxe; A tool for...
2Middle EnglishpikenTo pick at; to use a edged tool on; To pierce or...
3Middle EnglishpykeA sharp round point or projection; A point or end...
4Old Englishpīcpointed object, pick axe
5Proto-Germanic*pīk
6Latinpixpitch, tar
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpik-to be angry; pitch; resin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpi-sap, juice

via English List

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pi-
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