English

flagstick

From flag + stick.

A compound of flag + stick

Middle English flag

English flag

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- ‘to be sharp’

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Proto-Germanic *stikkô ‘pole’

Proto-West Germanic *stikkō ‘stick’

Old English sticca ‘stick’

Middle English sticke ‘branch’

English stick

Today it means

noun The pole which marks the location of a hole

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / flagstick