Where does “tis” come from?
tis (English) comes from English ti, from English SI, from Middle English si, from Italian sì, from Italian bene, from Latin bene, from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos — to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be...
tis (English): plural of ti
Definitions
- plural of ti
Ancestry of “tis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ti | A syllable used in solfège to represent the... |
| 2 | English | SI | Initialism of signal integrity; Initialism of... |
| 3 | Middle English | si | — |
| 4 | Italian | sì | yes; so |
| 5 | Italian | bene | upper-class, posh, high; well, nicely, OK, right;... |
| 6 | Latin | bene | well; properly, exactly; agreeably, favorably |
| 7 | Latin | bonus | good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant;... |
| 8 | Old Latin | duenos | Alternative form of duonus |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | dwenos | good |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dew- | to show favour, revere; to fail, to lag, to be... |