Where does “ticar” come from?
ticar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tique, 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 — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
ticar (Portuguese): to tick to mark with a tick
Definitions
- to tick to mark with a tick
Ancestry of “ticar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | tique | tick; check mark; tic; habit |
| 2 | English | tick | A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida;... |
| 3 | English | ticket | A pass entitling the holder to admission to a... |
| 4 | Middle French | estiquet | a slip of paper with names of witnesses on it |
| 5 | Middle French | estiquier | Alternative form of estacher |
| 6 | Middle French | estacher | to attach |
| 7 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 8 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 9 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 10 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |