#8: Picnic
When we dig into picnic, we find the word pick.
Picnic comes from the French pique-nique, which probably came from piquer, meaning "to pick or peck."
The original picnic, in 18th-century England, was more like what we'd call a potluck: all the attendees would bring a dish.
And the big difference? That shared meal wasn't necessarily eaten outdoors.
Those English, they always have to be different, don't they?
ReplyDeleteOh wait, maybe it's us Americans... always screwing up with the English start. Well, whatever.