Where does “picchetto” come from?
picchetto (Italian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".
picchetto (Italian): stake, peg; picket; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- stake, peg; picket; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “picchetto”, 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" |