Where does “tile” come from?
Tile comes from Middle English tile, from Old English tieġle, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tegula meaning a roof tile, from Latin tego meaning to cover, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- meaning to cover or roof.
tile (English): A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other...
Definitions
- A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other...
Ancestry of “tile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Tīle | — |
| 2 | Old English | tiġele | tile; brick; tile |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 4 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 5 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |