Etymology

unpick

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Today it means: To undo sewing stitches. Full definition →

Middle English unpiken
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromunpiken
  2. English todayunpick

From Middle English unpiken, equivalent to un- + pick.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.