Etymology of the English word etiquette
the English word
etiquettederived from the French word
etiquettederived from the Old French word
estiquetderived from the Old French word
estiquierderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*steig-derived from the French word
literallyderived from the French word
culderived from the Latin word
culus (buttocks; posterior; anus)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
bonus (good; good, honest, brave; good, moral, honest)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*deu-derived from the Medieval Latin word
canopeumderived from the Greek word
konopeion, κωνωπεῖον
derived from the Greek word
konops, κώνωψ (a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis))
derived from the Old French word
laiederived from the Middle Dutch word
laegederived from the Middle Dutch word
laeyeDate
The earliest known usage of etiquette in English dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in English
netiquetteCognates
Dutch
etiket, Dutch
etiquette, English
ticket, French
étiquette, German
Etikett, German
Etikette, Italian
etichetta, Lithuanian
etiketas, Norwegian
etikett, Russian
этикeт, Swedish
etikettUsage
Word found in Modern English
