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...
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- A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's...
Ancestry of “tice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | entice | To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope |
| 2 | Old French | enticier | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | intitiare | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tītjō | heating |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | teih₁- | to become hot, melt "or" to end |