means A spigot is a tap or faucet, or the plug or valve that controls the flow of liquid from a pipe, barrel, or cask.

from English took 'spigot' in the Middle Ages, probably via Anglo-Norman or Old French from a Latin source — many trace it to 'spica,' meaning a spike or ear of grain, the idea being a pointed plug jammed into a hole. The connection is plausible but not airtight, and the early forms are tangled, so think of 'spigot' as a word whose family tree is suggested rather than proven. For centuries a spigot was specifically the peg that stopped the tap-hole of a barrel; only later did it broaden into the general 'thing that lets the liquid out.'