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picnic

PIK-nik · noun

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Origin

English borrowed "picnic" from French pique-nique.

Journey

The facts available don't tell us how the word's meaning shifted over time, only that it arrived in English from French.

Related words

No related or cognate word is given in the facts beyond its French source, pique-nique.

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