Where does “tice” come from?

Entice comes from Old French enticier, from Vulgar Latin intitiare, from Latin titio meaning to kindle or set alight, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European teih₁-.

tice (English): A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's...

Definitions

  1. A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's...

Ancestry of “tice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishenticeTo lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope
2Old Frenchenticier—
3Vulgar Latinintitiare—
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 Vulgar Latin intitiare →