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Where does “tin” come from?

tin (Middle English) comes from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

tin (Middle English): Alternative form of þin; tin

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of þin; tin

Ancestry of “tin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtintin
2Proto-West Germanic*tin—
3Proto-Germanictinątin
4Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—

Words derived from “tin”

  • tiny
  • tin
  • tinfoil
  • tinny
  • teeny
  • tinsmith
  • tinware
  • tintype
  • tinner
  • tinman
  • organotin
  • tributyltin
  • tinhorn
  • tininess
  • tinclad
  • tinsmithing
  • tinnily
  • tinstone
  • dibutyltin
  • tinful
  • untin
  • tinlike
  • tinnie
  • tinily
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