Etymology

sticky

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Today it means: Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. Full definition →

English stick ← Middle English stiken ← Old English stician
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sticky · adjective, noun, verb1

  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 todaysticky

From stick + -y.

Sticky · noun2

So called because they sold adhesive lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising.

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