Words that come from Middle English “tight”
47 words across 4 languages descend from Middle English tight — including tight, tightly, tighter, tightness, airtight, tights, watertight, tightrope.
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English (44)
- tight
- tightly
- tighter
- tightness
- airtight
- tights
- watertight
- tightrope
- skintight
- tightfisted
- tightwad
- airtightness
- watertightness
- tightknit
- gastight
- weathertight
- tightish
- steamtight
- tightass
- overtight
- supertight
- raintight
- sticktight
- tightwire
- ultratight
- tightbeam
- tightlacing
- oiltight
- windtight
- gastightness
- nonwatertight
- nonairtight
- tighthead
- airtightly
- tight-knit
- tighty whities
- tidy whities
- tightlacer
- tight-lipped
- tight-lippedness
- oiltightness
- tightwaddish
- tight-fisted
- light-tight