Etymology

piolet

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Today it means: An ice axe/ice ax. Full definition →

French piolet ← Franco-Provençal piolet
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The story

  1. Franco-Provençal · derived frompiolet“small axe”
  2. French · borrowed frompiolet
  3. English todaypiolet

Borrowed from French piolet, or its source, Franco-Provençal piolet (“small axe”).

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