Etymology

pickeer

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Today it means: To make a raid for booty; to maraud or loot. Full definition →

French picorer ← Latin pecoris
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompecoris“cattle”
  2. French · derived frompicorer“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”
  3. English todaypickeer

From French picorer (“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”), ultimately from Latin pecoris (“cattle”).

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