15c., originally "the bow of a fiddle," from fiddle (n.) and stick (n.). Meaning "nonsense" (usually fiddlesticks) is from 1620s. As an exclamation, c. 1600.
-fid
fiddle
fiddle-faddle
fiddle-head
fiddler
fiddlestick
fideism
fidelity
fidget
fidgety
fiducial