Etymology

sticker

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Today it means: Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres). Full definition →

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

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

From stick (“to pierce, to be fastened, to adhere”) + -er (“agent”).

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