English

fingerprick

From finger + prick.

A compound of finger + prick

Proto-Germanic *fingraz ‘finger’

Proto-West Germanic *fingr

Old English finger

Middle English fynger ‘a finger’

Proto-Germanic *prikô

Proto-West Germanic *prikō

Old English prica ‘prick, (small) hole, perforation’

Middle English prik

English prick

Today it means

noun The act of pricking one's finger for the purpose of drawing a tiny amount of blood.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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