- pickaxe (n.)
[pickaxe 词源字典]
- also pick-axe, early 15c., folk etymology alteration (by influence of axe) of Middle English picas (mid-13c.), via Anglo-French piceis, Old French pocois (11c.) and directly from Medieval Latin picosa "pick," related to Latin picus "woodpecker" (see pie (n.2)).[pickaxe etymology, pickaxe origin, 英语词源]