| 【pick, peck, pitch】 are a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "piccian," "pician," "picung," "pican," "pycan," "piccean," and "piccan." It carries the basic meaning of "pick," and "pluck." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "pick, peck, pitch"]
pick ****[339] If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.
pitch ****[2214] A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. in AM, usually use field
pitcher ☆[5020] A pitcher is a jug.
[WORD ROOT]root pick
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] pick, pitch, peck, peek
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) piccian, pician, picung, pican, pycan, piccean, piccan
[MEANING]root pick, pluck
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 piccian [=pician]
- 【Old English】 pician [implied by picung, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkon] to pick, prick, pluck
- 【Old English】 picung a piercing, pricking
- 【Old English】 pican [=pician]
- 【Old English】 pycan [=pician] to pick, prick, pluck
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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pick ★★★★[339] verb from pick
【DEFINITION】 If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.
【Declension/Conjugation】 picked, picked, picking, picks
【ROOTs】 pick; pick
【Etymology】 《Old English pician》 [implied by picung, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkon] to pick, prick, pluck
【First Known Meaning】 o peck
【DERIVATIVEs】 pickable, picky, pick
pitch ★★★★[2214] noun from pitch
【DEFINITION】 A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. in AM, usually use field
【pl.】 pitches
【ROOTs】 pitch(pick); pitch
【Etymology】 《Old English piccan》 [from Vulgar Latin *piccare] stigmata
【First Known Meaning】 something that is thrust in or fixed or pierced
【DERIVATIVEs】 pitchy, pitch
pitcher ☆[5020] noun from pitch
【DEFINITION】 A pitcher is a jug.
【pl.】 pitchers
【SYNONYM】 PITCHERFUL
【COMPOSITION】 pitch + er
【ROOTs】 ⑴ pitch(pick); pitch ⑵ er; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English piccan》 [from Vulgar Latin *piccare] stigmata
Other words containing "pick, peck, pitch"; peak, peck, peckish, peek, piceous, pickable, picker, picky, pike, pitchy
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
physi
photo
phan-, phen-, phase-
pete, pet-
person
peri-, perit-, pert-
pend
pell-, puls-
patr-
pati-, pass-
