Where does “teazer” come from?

teazer (English) comes from French tiser, from Vulgar Latin titio, from Latin titio, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.

teazer (English): sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal...

Definitions

  1. sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal...

Ancestry of “teazer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtiserto stoke; to booze, hit the bottle
2Vulgar Latintitiofirebrand
3Latintitiofirebrand
4Proto-Italictītjōheating
5Proto-Indo-Europeanteih₁-to become hot, melt "or" to end
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic tītjō →Every word from Latin titio →