Question 1

What is the definition of the French word "étiquette"?

Accepted Answer

First person singular present indicative of étiqueter.
Third person singular present indicative of étiqueter.
First person singular present subjunctive of étiqueter.
Third person singular present subjunctive of étiqueter.
Second person singular imperative of étiqueter.

Question 2

Where does the French word "étiquette" come from?

Accepted Answer

(1387) attested in the form estiquette with the meaning of "post used as a goal in certain games"; (1435) with the meaning of "small label (indicating the contents of an object)"; derived, with the suffix -ette from the radical of the Old French verb estechier, estichier, estequier, in Picard estiquier ("to drive in, fix, pierce"), which also gives astic and asticot.

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