English
halfpike
From half + pike.
Proto-Germanic *pīkaz ‘sharp point, pike, pickaxe, peak’
Proto-West Germanic *pīk ‘sharp point, pike’
Old French pic ‘sharp point, spike’
Old English pīc ‘pointed object, pick axe’
Middle English pyke
English pike
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / halfpike