Word origin
[1635–45; ‹ D
pikeeren, var. of
pikereien ‹ F
picorée ‹ Sp
pecorea pillaging, lit., cattle-raiding, verbid of
pecorear to carry off cattle, deriv. of L
pecus cattle
]This word is first recorded in the period 1635–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adjustment, cascade, federal, linear, naturalism