Where does “newsticker” come from?
newsticker (English) comes from English ticker, from English tick, from English ticket, from Middle French estiquet, from Middle French estiquier, from Middle French estacher, from Old French estachier, from Old French estache — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
newsticker (English): Alternative form of news ticker
Definitions
- Alternative form of news ticker
Ancestry of “newsticker”, step by step
newsticker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ticker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ticker | One who makes a tick mark; A measuring or... |
| 2 | English | tick | A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida;... |
| 3 | English | ticket | A pass entitling the holder to admission to a... |
| 4 | Middle French | estiquet | a slip of paper with names of witnesses on it |
| 5 | Middle French | estiquier | Alternative form of estacher |
| 6 | Middle French | estacher | to attach |
| 7 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 8 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 9 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 10 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |