Where does “fiddlesticks” come from?

fiddlesticks (English) comes from English fiddlestick, from Middle English fidillstyk — violin bow.

fiddlesticks (English): Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain; Darn!...

Definitions

  1. Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain; Darn!...

Ancestry of “fiddlesticks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiddlestickA bow used to play the fiddle; Dated form of...
2Middle Englishfidillstykviolin bow
Every word from Middle English fidillstyk →Every word from English fiddlestick →