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The english word match describes a "stick for striking fire" first used in the late 14c as macche. It comes from the word meiche (i.e. wick of a candle), from micca/miccia, from the Latin myxus, i, [Gk. mýxa].

The italian word fiammifero comes from the Latin flamma (fiamma) and fero (portare). Also named zolfanello from the chemical composition of its head.

The french word allumette, from the verb allumer [V. Latin alluminare], refers to the power of that stick to create the light.

The word brichèt from the piedmontese dialect comes from the french hriqitet, that is a metal stick used to produce sparks from a flint.

The chinese ideograms 火柴 [Huǒchái] refers to one of the five fundamentals elements, the fire [火] e the material used for the matches, wood [木].

Sources:
Etymonline.com
CNRTL Etymologie
Glossario etimologico Piemontese