Where does “tige” come from?

tige (French) comes from Old French tige, from Latin tibia — the large shin bone, tibia; leg; a pipe, flute.

tige (French): stem; sapling; shank

Definitions

  1. stem; sapling; shank

Ancestry of “tige”, step by step

tige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French tige

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtige—
2Latintibiathe large shin bone, tibia; leg; a pipe, flute

via Latin tībia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintībiathe large shin bone, tibia; leg

Words derived from “tige”

Every word from Latin tibia →Every word from Old French tige →