Etymology of the English word picaresque
the English word
picaresquederived from the French word
picaresquederived from the Spanish word
picarescoderived from the Spanish word
pícaroderived from the Old Spanish word
picarderived from the Spanish word
picoderived from the Latin word
picus (woodpecker)
derived from the Celto-Latin word
beccusderived from the Spanish word
picaroUsage
Word found in Modern English