Where does “piquer” come from?

piquer (English) comes from English piqué, from Spanish piqué, from Spanish picar, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

piquer (English): One who piques

Definitions

  1. One who piques

Ancestry of “piquer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpiquéA kind of ribbed or corded fabric
2Spanishpiquéspade
3Spanishpicarto itch; to sting; to chop
4Spanishpicobeak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe
5Old Spanishbico
6Latinbeccusbeak, bill
7Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
8Latin-āxish, -y
9Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
10Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
11Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
12Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius