ticket — meaning and etymology

Meaning

A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.
A citation for a traffic violation.
A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
A small note or notice.
A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
To mark with a ticket.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.

*(s)teyg-(ine-pro)→
*stikaną(gem-pro)→
*stikkjan(frk)→
estiquier(pcd)→
estechier(fro)→
etiquet(frm)→
tikkat(gmw-msc)→
ticket (English)
Relations: bor, der, der, cog, der, der, der

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