Pike Definition
A surname of multiple origins, including Middle English pike.
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Origin of Pike
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Middle French pique (“long thrusting weapon"), from Old French pic (“sharp point"), and from Old English pÄ«c (“pointed object, pick axe"), ultimately a variant form of pick, with meaning narrowed.
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Perhaps a special use of Etymology 1, above; or from an early Scandinavian language, compare Norwegian pik (“summit").
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Cognate with Dutch piek, dialectal German Peik, Norwegian pik. Etymological twin to pique.
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French pique from Old French from piquer to prick pique
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English perhaps from Old English pīc sharp point (from its shape)
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Probably from pike (from the resemblance of the position to the fish's head)
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Middle English possibly of Scandinavian origin
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Middle English from Old English pīc
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Short for turnpike
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