ENGLISH ROOT WORD: stick "to pierce", "stick" from Old English sticca, stician

【stick】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "sticca," and "stician."
It carries the basic meaning of "to pierce," and "stick."

from PIE *steig- "to stick; pointed"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "stick"]

chopstick △[797]
stick ****[390] If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way.
sticky ***[3218] A sticky substance is soft, or thick and liquid, and can stick to other things. Sticky things are covered with a sticky substance.

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[WORD ROOT]root stick
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] stick
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) sticca, stician
[MEANING]root to pierce, stick

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 sticca rod, twig, peg; spoon
• 【Old English】 stician to pierce, stab, transfix, goad

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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chopstick △[797] noun from stick
【DEFINITION】
【pl.】 chopsticks
【COMPOSITION】 chop + stick
【ROOTs】 ⑴ chop; chop ⑵ stick; stick
【Etymology】 《Old English sticca》 rod, twig, peg; spoon

stick ★★★★[390] verb from stick
【DEFINITION】 ① If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way.
② If you stick a pointed object in something, or if it sticks in something, it goes into it or through it by making a cut or hole.
③ If something is sticking out from a surface or object, it extends up or away from it. If something is sticking into a surface or object, it is partly in it.
【Declension/Conjugation】 sticked stuck, sticked stuck, sticking, sticks
【SYNONYM】 stand, jam
【ROOTs】 stick; stick
【Etymology】 《Old English sticca》 rod, twig, peg; spoon
【First Known Meaning】 to pierce, stab, transfix, goad

sticky ★★★[3218] adjective from stick
【DEFINITION】 A sticky substance is soft, or thick and liquid, and can stick to other things. Sticky things are covered with a sticky substance.
【VARIATIONs】 비교; sticky < stickier < stickiest
【SYNONYM】 sweaty, adhesive
【ROOTs】 ⑴ stick; stick ⑵ y; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English sticca》 rod, twig, peg; spoon
【First Known Meaning】 adhesive, inclined to stick
【DERIVATIVEs】 stickily, stickiness, sticky

Other words containing "stick"; sticker

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

stead
stand
stair
st-, stat-
spond
spire
sphere
sper
speci
spec

 

 

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