Where does “ticket” come from?

ticket (Middle English) comes from Old French etiquet, from Old French estechier, from Frankish stikkan, from Proto-Germanic stikaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

Ancestry of “ticket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchetiquet—
2Old Frenchestechierto attach, stick
3Frankishstikkan—
4Proto-Germanicstikanąto stick; to stab
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

Words derived from “ticket”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- →