The story
- Old French · derived from[Term?]
- Old Occitan · derived fromespiga
- Latin · derived fromspīca
- Middle English · inherited fromspigot“wooden stopper”
- English todayspicket
From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Old French [Term?].
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.