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Where does “wheatrick” come from?

wheatrick (English) comes from English Rick, from English recruit, from French recruter, from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue, from Old French recreu, from Old French recreistre.

wheatrick (English): haystack

Definitions

  1. haystack

Ancestry of “wheatrick”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRick—
2EnglishrecruitA supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a...
3Frenchrecruterto recruit
4GermanRekrutrecruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the...
5Frenchrecreute—
6Frenchrecruerecruit
7Old Frenchrecreu—
8Old Frenchrecreistre—
Every word from Old French recreistre →