Where does “tyce” come from?
tyce (Middle English) comes from Old French atisier, from Vulgar Latin attitiare, from Latin titio, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.
Ancestry of “tyce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | atisier | to stir up |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | attitiare | present active infinitive of *attītiō |
| 3 | Latin | titio | firebrand |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tītjō | heating |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | teih₁- | to become hot, melt "or" to end |
Words derived from “tyce”