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picardy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
pi-cardy
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France region.

Etymology

Etymology tree French picard Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French Picardiebor. English Picardy Borrowed from French Picardie.

Derived Forms

Picardian

Phrases

Picardy Spaniel Picardy sweat Picardy sweating sickness

Frequently Paired Words

Picard

Questions

What does picardy mean?
A former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France region.
Where does picardy come from?
Etymology tree French picard Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French Picardiebor. English Picardy Borrowed from French Picardie.

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