etiquette

English

/ˈɛtɪˌkɛt/

noun
Definitions
  • The forms required by a good upbringing, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
  • The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.
  • A label used to indicate that a letter is to be sent by airmail.

Etymology

Borrowed from French étiquette (property, label, ticket, a little piece of paper, a label, or a mark title, expressing its contents, affixed to a bag bundle) derived from Middle French estiquette (memorandum, ticket) derived from Frankish *stikkan derived from Proto-Germanic *stikaną (stick, stab, be sharp) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (be sharp, pierce, prick, stab, stick, poke, peak, pointy, punctureVerb, goad, stabVerb, pointed).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)teyg-

Gloss

be sharp, pierce, prick, stab, stick, poke, peak, pointy, punctureVerb, goad, stabVerb, pointed

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

岳, 峰

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