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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of pluck" class="word__name--TTbAA">pluck<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">plukken</span>, "pull (something) off or out from a surface" (especially hair or feathers, but also teeth), from late Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">ploccian</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">pluccian</span> "pull off, cull," from West Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">*plokken</span> (source also of Middle Low German <span class="foreign notranslate">plucken</span>, Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">plocken</span>, Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">plukken</span>, Flemish <span class="foreign notranslate">plokken</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">pflücken</span>). This is perhaps from an unrecorded Gallo-Roman or Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*piluccare</span> (source of Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">peluchier</span>, late 12c.; Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">piluccare</span>), a frequentative, ultimately from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pilare</span> "pull out hair," from <span class="foreign notranslate">pilus</span> "hair" (see <a href="/word/pile#etymonline_v_14984" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pile " class="crossreference notranslate">pile</a> (n.3)). But despite the similarities, OED finds difficulties with this and cites gaps in historical evidence. From late 14c. as "to pull sharply with a sudden jerk or force (of the strings of a bow, harp, etc.). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Plucked</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">plucking</span>.</p> <blockquote> <span class="foreign notranslate">To pluck a rose,</span> an expression said to be used by women for going to the necessary house, which in the country usually stands in the garden. [F. Grose, "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785] </blockquote> <p>This euphemistic use is attested from 1610s. To <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>pluck up</strong></span> "summon up" (courage, heart, etc.) is from c. 1300.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_46060" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of pluck" class="word__name--TTbAA">pluck<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>c. 1400, <span class="foreign notranslate">plukke</span>, "a pull, a tug, act of plucking," from <a href="/word/pluck#etymonline_v_17485" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pluck " class="crossreference notranslate">pluck</a> (v.). Meaning "courage, boldness, determined energy" (1785), originally in pugilism slang, is a figurative use from the earlier meaning "heart, viscera" (1610s) as that which is "plucked" from slaughtered livestock in preparing the carcass for market. This sense also was perhaps influenced by figurative use of the verb in <span class="foreign notranslate">pluck up</span> (one's courage, etc.), attested from c. 1300.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:c.%201400">c. 1400</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to pluck">Entries linking to <i>pluck</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pile" href="/word/pile#etymonline_v_14984">pile<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.3)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>mid-14c., "downy plumage;" late 15c, "fine, soft hair," from Anglo-French <span class="foreign notranslate">pyle</span> or Middle Dutch <span class="foreign notranslate">pijl</span>, both from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pilus</span> "a hair" (source of Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">pelo</span>, Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">pel</span>), a word of uncertain origin. Phonological evidence rules out transmission of the English word via Old French cognate <span class="foreign notranslate">peil</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">poil</span>. Meaning "soft, raised surface of a regular and closely set kind upon cloth" is from 1560s.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of plucky" href="/word/plucky#etymonline_v_35501">plucky<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1831, colloquial, "spirited, courageous," from <a href="/word/pluck#etymonline_v_46060" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pluck " class="crossreference notranslate">pluck</a> (n.) in the "courage" sense + <a href="/word/-y#etymonline_v_25631" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -y " class="crossreference notranslate">-y</a> (2). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Pluckily</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">pluckiness</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of plush" href="/word/plush#etymonline_v_17504">plush<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"soft fabric, cloth having a softer and longer nap than that of velvet," 1590s, from French <span class="foreign notranslate">pluche</span> "shag, plush," contraction of <span class="foreign notranslate">peluche</span> "hairy fabric," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">peluchier</span> "to pull, to tug, to pluck" (the final process in weaving plush), from Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*piluccare</span> "remove hair" (see <a href="/word/pluck#etymonline_v_17485" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pluck " class="crossreference notranslate">pluck</a> (v.)). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Plushy</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">plushness</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of pluck">Trends of <i>pluck</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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"The stems hot-, hut- appear in a number of formations </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of roll" href="/word/roll"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">roll<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, rolle, "rolled-up piece of parchment or paper, scroll" (especially one inscribed with an official record), from Old French rolle "document, parchment scroll, decree" (12c.), Medieval Latin rotulus "a roll of paper" (source also of Spanish rollo, Italian rullo), from Lati</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of soak" href="/word/soak"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">soak<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Middle English soken, from Old English socian (intransitive) "to soak, to lie in liquid," from Proto-Germanic *sukon (source also of West Flemish soken), possibly from PIE root *seue- (2) "to take liquid" (see sup (v.2)). The Old English word is a secondary form of sucan (past pa</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of excerpt" href="/word/excerpt"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">excerpt<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">(implied in past participle excerpte "taken from a book"), from Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere "pluck out,...pick out, extract," figuratively "choose, select, gather," also "to leave out, omit," from ex "out" (see ex-) + carpere "pluck..., gather," from PIE root *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest."...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of svelte" href="/word/svelte"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">svelte<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">slender" (17c.), from Italian svelto "slim, slender," originally "pulled out, lengthened," past participle of svellere "to pluck...or root out," from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + vellere "to pluck, stretch," from PIE *wel-no...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of scarce" href="/word/scarce"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">scarce<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">according to OED is from Vulgar Latin *scarsus, from a presumed *escarpsus, earlier *excarpsus, past participle of *excarpere "pluck...out," from classical Latin excerpere "pluck out" (see excerpt)....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of convulse" href="/word/convulse"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">convulse<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">wrench," hence "to weaken, overthrow, destroy," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + vellere "to pluck...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of wring" href="/word/wring"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">wring<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English wringan "press, strain, wring, twist" (class III strong verb; past tense wrang, past participle wrungen), from Proto-Germanic *wreng- (source also of Old English wringen "to wring, press out," Old Frisian wringa, Middle Dutch wringhen, Dutch wringen "to wring," Old Hi</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of teach" href="/word/teach"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">teach<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Old English tæcan (past tense tæhte, past participle tæht) "to show, point out, declare, demonstrate," also "to give instruction, train, assign, direct; warn; persuade," from Proto-Germanic *taikijan "to show" (source also of Old High German zihan, German zeihen "to accuse," Goth</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of mushroom" href="/word/mushroom"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">mushroom<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">a word applied at first to almost any of the larger fungi but later to the agaricoid fungi and especially the edible varieties, mid-15c., muscheron, musseroun (attested 1327 as a surname, John Mussheron), from Anglo-French musherun, Old French meisseron (11c., Modern French mouss</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div class="share-tool socialShare--223YS"><h3 title="Share pluck to social networks" class="socialShare__title--34iP2">Share <i>pluck</i></h3><div class="cite--1qJ-_ share-cite">‘<!-- -->cite<!-- -->’</div><a title="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fpluck" data-social-target="Facebook" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__facebook--2fm3U fa-facebook"></a><a title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fpluck&text=pluck%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20pluck%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Twitter" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__twitter--1iFxf fa-twitter"></a><a title="Share on Reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fpluck&title=pluck%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20pluck%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Reddit" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__reddit--30bBu fa-reddit"></a><a title="Share on Email" href="mailto:?subject=pluck%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20pluck%20by%20etymonline&body=%22pull%20(something)%20off%20or%20out%20from%20a%20surface%22%20(especially%20hair%20or%20feathers%2C%20but%20also%E2%80%A6%20See%20origin%20and%20meaning%20of%20pluck.%0Afrom%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fpluck%20Find%20out%20more%20at%20etymonline.com" data-social-target="Email" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__email--3hVBm fa-email"></a><div class="cite__content--3ghsO cite-content"><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">Page URL:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">https://www.etymonline.com/word/pluck</textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">HTML Link:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly=""><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/pluck">Etymology of pluck by etymonline</a></textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">APA style:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">Harper, D. 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