Where does βone-way ticketβ come from?
one-way 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.
one-way ticket (English): A ticket granting permission to travel to a place...
Definitions
- A ticket granting permission to travel to a place...
Ancestry of βone-way ticketβ, step by step
one-way 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 one-way
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | one-way | Allowing movement in only one direction;... |
| 2 | English | One | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number |
| 3 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 4 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *an | β |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | hβen- | on, onto |