Where does “pluck” come from?

Pluck comes from Middle English plucken, from Old English pluccian, of unknown origin.

pluck (English): To pull something sharply; to pull something out;...

Definitions

  1. To pull something sharply; to pull something out;...

Ancestry of “pluck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishplucken—
2Old Englishpluccianto pluck, pull away, tear
3Proto-West Germanic*plukkōn—
4Proto-Germanicplukkōnąto pluck, pull out or off

Words derived from “pluck”

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