The story
- French · derived frombinocle
- German · derived fromBinokel
- English todaypinochle
Perhaps from Austro-Bavarian pronunciation of German Binokel (where b>p change is common) , French binocle (literally “pince-nez”), a related card game.
Words from the same roots
Frenchbinocle all →
binocle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.