myEtymology.com: English etymology of pickerelweed

Etymology of the English word pickerelweed

the English word pickerelweed

derived from the English word pickerel

derived from the English word pike

derived from the Old French word pique

derived from the Old French word piquer

derived from the Latin root *piccare

derived from the Dutch word pike

using the English suffix -erel

derived from the English word weed

Word found in Modern English