pique

pique · verb, noun¹

1. Middle French · borrowed frompique“a quarrel; resentment”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*pikkōną“to knock; to peck; to pick; to prick”
3. Frankish · derived from*pikkōn
4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*pīccare“to sting; to strike”
5. Old French · derived frompiquer“to pierce with the tip of a sword”
6. Middle French · derived frompiquer
7. French · borrowed frompiquer“to prick, sting; to anger, annoy; (reflexive) to get angry; to provoke, stimulate; (reflexive) to boast about”
8. English todaypique

The verb is borrowed from French piquer (“to prick, sting; to anger, annoy; (reflexive) to get angry; to provoke, stimulate; (reflexive) to boast about”), from Middle French piquer, picquer (“to prick, sting; to anger, annoy; (reflexive) to get angry”), from Old French piquer (“to pierce with the tip of a sword”), from proto-Romance or Vulgar Latin *pīccare (“to sting; to strike”) or *pikkāre, and then either: * Onomatopoeic; or * from Frankish *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to knock; to peck; to pick; to prick”). If so, pique is a doublet of pick, pitch, and peck. The noun is borrowed from Middle French pique (“a quarrel; resentment”) (modern French pique), from piquer, picquer (verb); see above.

pique · noun, verb²

1. French · borrowed frompic
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*pikjaz
3. Frankish · derived from*pikk
4. Vulgar Latin · derived from*pīccus“sharp point, peak; pike, spike”
5. Middle French · derived frompic“pique in the game of piquet; pike (tool)”
6. French · borrowed frompic
7. English todaypique

The noun is borrowed from French pic, Middle French pic (“pique in the game of piquet; pike (tool)”), picq (“game of piquet”), from Vulgar Latin *pīccus (“sharp point, peak; pike, spike”), possibly from Frankish *pikk, *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pikjaz, *pīkaz (“sharp point, peak; pickaxe; pike”); further etymology unknown. Doublet of pike. The verb is either derived from the noun (though the latter is attested in print later), or borrowed from French pic.

pique · noun³

1. Quechua · derived frompiki
2. Spanish · borrowed frompique
3. English todaypique

Borrowed from Spanish pique, from Central Quechua piki.

pique · noun⁴

1. Middle French · derived frompiqué“quilted”
2. French · derived frompiqué“(noun) ribbed fabric; (ballet) step on to the point of the leading foot without bending the knee; (adjective) backstitched; (cooking) larded”
3. English todaypique

A variant of piqué, borrowed from French piqué (“(noun) ribbed fabric; (ballet) step on to the point of the leading foot without bending the knee; (adjective) backstitched; (cooking) larded”), Middle French piqué (“quilted”), a noun use of the past participle of piquer (“to prick, sting; to decorate with stitches; to quilt; to stitch (fabric) together; to lard (meat)”); see further at etymology 1.

pique · noun⁵

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)peyk-“magpie; woodpecker”
2. Latin · derived frompīca“jay; magpie”
3. Late Latin · derived frompica“disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances”
4. English todaypique

A variant of pica, or from its etymon Late Latin pica (“disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances”), from Latin pīca (“jay; magpie”) (from the idea that magpies will eat almost anything), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“magpie; woodpecker”).

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