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piquenique
French · 1600s
"a shared informal meal"
possibly from piquer (to pick) and nique (a small thing), a meal of shared small contributions
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picnic
English · 1740s
"an outdoor meal, typically shared"
settled as the English word for an outdoor shared meal
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