The story
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.