English
pricker
From prick + -er.
Formed from prick + -er
Proto-Germanic *prikô
Proto-West Germanic *prikō
Old English prica ‘prick, (small) hole, perforation’
Middle English prik
English prick
Today it means
noun One who pricks.
Sources
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Etymograph / pricker