Where does “cuestick” come from?
cuestick (English) comes from English cue, from English queue, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā.
cuestick (English): cue; the stick used to propel the ball in...
Definitions
- cue; the stick used to propel the ball in...
Ancestry of “cuestick”, step by step
cuestick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cue | An action or event that is a signal for somebody... |
| 2 | English | queue | An animal's tail; A line of people, vehicles or... |
| 3 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 4 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 5 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 7 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |