spigot
English
/ˈspɪ.ɡət/
noun
Definitions
- A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
- The plug of a faucet or cock.
- (Appalachian) A faucet.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English spigot (wooden stopper) derived from Latin spīca (spike, ear of corn, an ear of corn) derived from Old Occitan espiga.
Origin
Old Occitan
espiga
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lick English
- lick-spigot English
- spicket English
- spiceus Latin
- spicilegium Latin
- spīca Latin
- spiga Italian
- *spheh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- spigot Middle English
- espiga Catalan, Valencian
- espigo Galician
- espigeot Middle French
- espiga Old Portuguese
- espiga Occitan
- espiga Asturian
- espiga Old Occitan
- espiga Old Spanish
- spaica Dalmatian