Where does “rickety” come from?
Rickety derives from the English disease name rickets, which comes from Ancient Greek ῥάχις meaning spine or backbone.
rickety (English): Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of...
Definitions
- Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of...
Ancestry of “rickety”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ricket | Unsteady, rickety |
| 2 | English | Rick | Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch |
| 3 | English | recruit | A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a... |
| 4 | French | recruter | to recruit |
| 5 | German | Rekrut | recruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the... |
| 6 | French | recreute | — |
| 7 | French | recrue | recruit |
| 8 | Old French | recreu | — |
| 9 | Old French | recreistre | — |