Where does “pike-perch” come from?
pike-perch (English) comes from English Pike, from French piqué, 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".
pike-perch (English): Any of the five species of fish in the genus...
Definitions
- Any of the five species of fish in the genus...
Ancestry of “pike-perch”, step by step
pike-perch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 2 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 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" |