briquet

The story

1. Middle French · derived frombriquet“piece, morsel”
2. French · borrowed frombriquet
3. English todaybriquet

In most senses, a variant spelling of briquette. As a lighter, a borrowing of French briquet, from Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique (“brick, block”) + -et (suffix forming masculine diminutives). The sword is so called due to its small size and perceived resemblance to a firelighter.