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Where does “tilte” come from?

tilte (Middle English) comes from Old English tyltan — to be unsteady.

Ancestry of “tilte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtyltanto be unsteady

Words derived from “tilte”

  • tilt
  • pretilt
  • atilt
  • tilter
  • tiltmeter
  • uptilt
  • tiltable
  • tiltrotor
  • tilty
  • retilt
  • tiltest
  • Tilt-A-Whirl
  • overtilt
  • a-tilt
  • antitilt
  • full tilt
  • tiltability
  • tilteth
  • tiltwing
Every word from Old English tyltan →