ticket

Where does the word "ticket" come from? It comes from Old French estiquette, and was adopted directly into English (1520s).

Ticket’s story begins in Old French: estiquette meant “a small note or label.” A small note or label attached to something. It reached English by 1520s as ticket. Settled as the English word for a small printed document granting admission or passage. Today, ticket means a printed or digital document granting admission, entitlement, or passage.

1. Stage 1 · Old French · medieval estiquette "a small note or label", a small note or label attached to something.
2. Stage 2 · English · 1520s ticket "a document granting admission, passage, or entitlement", settled as the English word for a small printed document granting admission or passage.