Where does “star picket” come from?
star picket (English) comes from English picket, from French piquet, 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".
star picket (English): A type of pointed metal fence post, consisting of...
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- A type of pointed metal fence post, consisting of...
Ancestry of “star picket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | picket | A stake driven into the ground; A type of... |
| 2 | French | piquet | picket; A school punishment in which a student... |
| 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" |