Etymology

polystick

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Today it means: A figure made by joining line segments of equal length end to end at right angles. Full definition →

English stick ← Middle English stikke ← Old English sticca
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*stignéh₂-
  7. Proto-Germanic*stikkōną
  8. Proto-Germanic*stikkô
  9. Proto-West Germanic*stikkō
  10. Old Englishsticca
  11. Middle Englishstikke
  12. Englishstick
  13. English todaypolystick

From poly- + stick.

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