Where does “tidytips” come from?
tidytips (English) comes from English tidy, from Middle English tidy, from English tide, from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd, from Proto-Germanic tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European déh₂itis, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂y- — to share, divide.
tidytips (English): Any of the flowering plants of the genus Layia in...
Definitions
- Any of the flowering plants of the genus Layia in...
Ancestry of “tidytips”, step by step
tidytips traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tidy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tidy | Arranged neatly and in order; Not messy; neat and... |
| 2 | Middle English | tidy | — |
| 3 | English | tide | The periodic change of the sea level,... |
| 4 | Middle English | tyde | A time (period), season |
| 5 | Old English | tīd | time, period, season; period, season, time;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
via English tips
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tips | plural of tip; Third-person singular simple... |