pickaxe
/ˈpɪkˌæks/ · noun
Meaning
- A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
- To use a pickaxe.
Etymology / origin
Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.
- *pīk(gmw-pro)→
- picōsa(la)→
- picois(fro)→
- *pikeis(xno)→
- pykeaxe(Middle English)→
- pykeaxe(Middle English)→
- pickaxe (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, der, der, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- പിക്കാസ്(Malayalam) (bor)
- टिकाव(Marathi) (bor)
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