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Etiquette

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means the conventional rules of polite and correct social behavior
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Stage 1 of 2
estiquette
Old French · medieval
"a small label or ticket"
originally a small ticket or label, later the posted rules of court conduct
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Stage 2 of 2
etiquette
English · 1750s
"the conventional rules of polite social behavior"
settled as the English word for the conventional rules of polite behavior
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