Peak

Morpheme

Peak

Type

free base

Denotation

summit, top, sharp point, pike, needle, pin, pinnacle

Etymology

Middle English pek, from pike, pyke, pyk; Old English pīc, piic

Evidence

afterpeak, crosspeak, forepeak, interpeak, multipeak, nonpeak, peak, peaked, peaker, peaking, peakish, peakism, peakist, peakless, peaklet, peaklike, peaknik, peaks, peakward, peakwise, photopeak, semipeak, subpeak

Notes

homophone of Peek and Pique

See Also

Pike

Homographs

Peak