Where does βe-ticketβ 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 πππ°πΊπ° β to cover; pole, stick, beam.
e-ticket (English): A virtual ticket, especially for a flight, that...
Definitions
- A virtual ticket, especially for a flight, that...
Ancestry of βe-ticketβ, step by step
e-ticket traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ticket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ticket | A pass entitling the holder to admission to a... |
| 2 | Middle French | estiquet | a slip of paper with names of witnesses on it |
| 3 | Middle French | estiquier | Alternative form of estacher |
| 4 | Middle French | estacher | to attach |
| 5 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 6 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 8 | Gothic | πππ°πΊπ° | β |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stakΓ΄ | stake |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | β |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | π | β |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ξ΅ | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was Ξ΅αΌΆ, later αΌ ΟΞΉΞ»ΟΞ½, and presently ΞΟιλον. 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 |
| 6 | Phoenician | π€ | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | π | β |