stick- root words — words with the stick- root

The root stick- comes from Old English sticca, meaning stick, rod (a painter's hand-rest). 3 words in Dendril are built from it, including slapstick, matchstick, mahlstick. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the stick- root

Explore words with stick- — words containing the stick- root and sharing its sense of "stick, rod (a painter's hand-rest)". Examples include slapstick, matchstick, mahlstick. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

What does stick- mean?

The stick- root means stick, rod (a painter's hand-rest), from Old English sticca. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.