The story
- Portuguese · derived frompico
- Malay · borrowed frompikul
- English todaypicul
From Malay pikul, with influence from earlier Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese pico.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
picul
Today it means: A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg. Full definition →
Malay pikul ← Portuguese pico