Picked
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Middle English (earlier as pike, which continues in dialect use): of unknown origin. Compare with Dutch pikken ‘pick, peck’, and German picken ‘peck, puncture’, also with French piquer ‘to prick’.
etymonline
picked (adj.)
"chosen for excellence, specially selected," hence "choicest, best," 1540s, past-participle adjective from pick (v.).
