Where does “title” come from?

title (German) comes from German titeln, from German titel — inflection of titeln: ## first-person singular...

title (German): inflection of titeln: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of titeln: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “title”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantitelnto publish a story under a specified headline; to...
2Germantitelinflection of titeln: ## first-person singular...
Every word from German titel →Every word from German titeln →
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