Etymology

drumstick

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Today it means: A stick used to play drums. Full definition →

First used 16th c.
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The story

From drum + stick.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. A stick used to play drums.
  • from 17th c. The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
  • from 19th c. The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.