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pickaxe

Meaninga pick

Common meaning: a pointed digging tool

Journey through time

  1. Bretonpiksource
  2. Old Frenchpicois‘piquois’source
  3. Frenchpicsource
  4. Middle Englishpikoissource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftspiquois → a pointed digging toolpickaxe‘a pointed digging tool’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Breton pik ‘a pick’.

Roots

  • pik Breton “a pick”

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