Etymograph

English

ticket

Ticket comes from Middle Scots tikkat, from Middle French etiquet, estiquette ‘a bill, note, label’, from Old French estechier ‘to attach, stick’.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estechier1‘to attach’
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600etiquet1
  3. Middle Scotsmoderntikkat1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1633ticket1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English ticket
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1633, Shackerley Marmion: “Your courtier is mad to take up silks and…”.

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400estechierWiktionary, English ticket‘to attach’
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600etiquetWiktionary, English ticket
  3. Middle ScotsmoderntikkatWiktionary, English ticket
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1633ticketWiktionary, English ticket. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1633, Shackerley Marmion: “Your courtier is mad to take up silks and…”

Every English word from Old French estechier

Today it means

noun A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ticket”. 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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