Where does “tithe” come from?

Tithe comes from Old English tíð, from Old English tēoða, from Proto-Germanic tehundô, meaning one-tenth.

tithe (English): A tenth; The tenth part of the increase arising...

Definitions

  1. A tenth; The tenth part of the increase arising...

Ancestry of “tithe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtithetenth
2Old Englishteoþatenth
3Proto-West Germanictehundōtenth
4Proto-Germanictehundôtenth

Words derived from “tithe

Every word from Proto-Germanic tehundô