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Where does “tiser” come from?

tiser (French) comes from Vulgar Latin titio, from Latin titio, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.

tiser (French): to stoke; to booze, hit the bottle

Definitions

  1. to stoke; to booze, hit the bottle

Ancestry of “tiser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintitiofirebrand
2Latintitiofirebrand
3Proto-Italictītjōheating
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteih₁-to become hot, melt "or" to end
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