Where does “ticcy” come from?
ticcy (English) comes from English tic, 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 — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
ticcy (English): Exhibiting tics
Definitions
- Exhibiting tics
Ancestry of “ticcy”, step by step
ticcy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tic | A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or... |
| 2 | English | ticket | A pass entitling the holder to admission to a... |
| 3 | Middle French | estiquet | a slip of paper with names of witnesses on it |
| 4 | Middle French | estiquier | Alternative form of estacher |
| 5 | Middle French | estacher | to attach |
| 6 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 7 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 9 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |