Etymograph

English

stickup

Deverbal from stick up.

A compound of stick + up

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- ‘to be sharp’

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Proto-Germanic *stikkô ‘pole’

Proto-West Germanic *stikkō ‘stick’

Old English sticca ‘stick’

Middle English sticke ‘branch’

English stick

Proto-Germanic *upp ‘up’

Proto-West Germanic *upp

Old English upp

Middle English up ‘to a vertical axis’

English up

Today it means

noun A robbery at gunpoint.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “stickup”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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