Etymology

piccage

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Today it means: Money paid at fairs for permission to set up booths. Full definition →

First used 14th–19th c.Latin piccadium ← French piquer
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The story

  1. French · derived frompiquer“to prick”
  2. Latin · derived frompiccadium
  3. English todaypiccage

Latin piccadium, from French piquer (“to prick”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchpiquer all →

piquepiquerismpiquerist

First known use, by meaning

  • 14th–19th c. Money paid at fairs for permission to set up booths.

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