Where does β€œe-ticket” come from?

e-ticket (English) comes from English ticket, from Middle French estiquet, from Middle French estiquier, from Middle French estacher, from Old French estachier, from Old French estache, from Medieval Latin staca, from Gothic πƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ° β€” to cover; pole, stick, beam.

e-ticket (English): A virtual ticket, especially for a flight, that...

Definitions

  1. A virtual ticket, especially for a flight, that...

Ancestry of β€œe-ticket”, step by step

e-ticket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ticket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishticketA pass entitling the holder to admission to a...
2Middle Frenchestiqueta slip of paper with names of witnesses on it
3Middle FrenchestiquierAlternative form of estacher
4Middle Frenchestacherto attach
5Old FrenchestachierAlternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten...
6Old Frenchestachestake; strap
7Medieval Latinstacaa stake
8Gothicπƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ°β€”
9Proto-GermanicstakΓ΄stake
10Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via English E

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEThe ordinal number fifth, derived from this...
2Old EnglishEβ€”
3LatinEScribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae
4EtruscanπŒ„β€”
5Ancient GreekΞ΅Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was Ξ΅αΌΆ, later αΌ’ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by Ξ΄ and foll
6Phoenician𐀄that
7Egyptianπ“€ β€”
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- β†’Every word from Proto-Germanic stakΓ΄ β†’Every word from Gothic πƒπ„πŒ°πŒΊπŒ° β†’