Where does “piquet” come from?
Piquet derives from French piquet, which comes from French piquer, meaning to prick or pierce, traced through Middle French picquer and Old French piquer to Vulgar Latin piccare, Frankish pikkōn, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk-.
piquet (English): A game at cards played between two persons, with...
Definitions
- A game at cards played between two persons, with...
Ancestry of “piquet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | piquet | picket; A school punishment in which a student... |
| 2 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 3 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 4 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 6 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |