Word Origin Summary

Pīkake is attested in Hawaiian. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. pāwaEnglishderived from
2. pecokMiddle Englishinherited from
3. pāvōLatinderived from
4. தோகைTamilderived from
5. peacockEnglishborrowed from

Descendants and Related Terms

• pikake

  English · borrowed from

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