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
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cyberetiquette English
- etiquettal English
- ticket English
- instīgātor Latin
- Etikett German
- Etikette German
- Stecher German
- Stechmücke German
- Stechpalme German
- Stechschritt German
- Stechuhr German
- Stichsäge German
- abstechen German
- ausstechen German
- bestechen German
- erstechen German
- hervorstechen German
- niederstechen German
- stechen German
- sticheln German
- totstechen German
- etichetta Italian
- etiket Dutch, Flemish
- etiquette Dutch, Flemish
- étiqueter French
- étiquette French
- этикет Russian
- этикетка Russian
- etiqueta Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *-h₃onh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *stig- Proto-Indo-European
- etikett Norwegian Bokmål
- etiqueta Portuguese
- *stikaną Proto-Germanic
- *stikiz Proto-Germanic
- *stikkô Proto-Germanic
- *stiklaz Proto-Germanic
- *stikōną Proto-Germanic
- etikett Swedish
- エチケット Japanese
- etykieta Polish
- etikett Norwegian Nynorsk
- stician Old English
- तिज् Sanskrit
- तीक्ष्ण Sanskrit
- तेजते Sanskrit
- etikette Danish
- estequier, estichier, estechier Old French
- estequier, estichier, estechier, estiquer Old French
- estiquette Old French
- etikedo Esperanto
- etiketa Serbo-Croatian
- etiqueta Catalan, Valencian
- تیز Persian
- stehhan Old High German
- etiketo Ido
- etiket Turkish
- stiechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- estiquette Middle French
- *stekan gmw-pro
- *tayǰ- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *tikšnás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 에티켓 Korean
- *stekan Frankish
- *stikkan Frankish
- *stig- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *stiďďō Proto-Hellenic
- اتيكيت Egyptian Arabic
- *tīr Parthian
- Etikett AG.