Where does “pique-assiette” come from?
pique-assiette (French) comes from French assiette, from Vulgar Latin assedita, from Latin assideō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
pique-assiette (French): scrounger, freeloader, gatecrasher, sponger
Definitions
- scrounger, freeloader, gatecrasher, sponger
Ancestry of “pique-assiette”, step by step
pique-assiette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French assiette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | assiette | manner of being seated, situation; seat; trim,... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | assedita | — |
| 3 | Latin | assideō | to sit by or near someone or something |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via French piquer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 2 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 3 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 5 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |