Etymology

nonstick

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Today it means: Resistant to sticking. Full definition →

English stick ← Middle English stiken ← Old English stician
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The story

  1. Englishnon-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*stignéh₂-
  4. Proto-Germanic*stikkōną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*stikkōn
  6. Old Englishstician
  7. Middle Englishstiken
  8. Englishstick
  9. English todaynonstick

From non- + stick.

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