étiquette

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Old French estiquette < estiquer (to attach) < Proto-Germanic *stik- (to pierce, to prick) < Proto-Indo-European base *st(e)ig- (to goad, to prick, to puncture).

[edit] Noun

étiquette f. (plural étiquettes)

1. tag, label
2. etiquette, prescribed behavior