Where does “tick-trefoil” come from?
tick-trefoil (English) comes 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, from Medieval Latin staca — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
tick-trefoil (English): One of several species in the genus "Desmodium"...
Definitions
- One of several species in the genus "Desmodium"...
Ancestry of “tick-trefoil”, step by step
tick-trefoil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tick | A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida;... |
| 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 trefoil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trefoil | Any of several plants of the pea family, having... |
| 2 | Middle English | trefoil | — |
| 3 | Old French | trifoil | trefoil |
| 4 | Latin | trifolium | trefoil, clover |
| 5 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |