Where does “picois” come from?

picois (Old French) comes from Latin picosa, from Latin pīca, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- — name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie.

Ancestry of “picois”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpicosapickaxe
2Latinpīcamagpie
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peyk-name of a bird; woodpecker; magpie

Words derived from “picois”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- →Every word from Latin pīca →Every word from Latin picosa →
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