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Where does “picktooth” come from?

picktooth (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.

picktooth (English): A toothpick

Definitions

  1. A toothpick

Ancestry of “picktooth”, step by step

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
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