Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “tythe” come from?

tythe (Middle English) comes from Old English tēoþa, from Proto-West Germanic tehundō, from Proto-Germanic tehundô — tenth.

Ancestry of “tythe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtēoþa—
2Proto-West Germanictehundō—
3Proto-Germanictehundôtenth

Words derived from “tythe”

  • tithe
  • tithing
  • tither
  • tithingman
  • tithable
  • titheless
Every word from Proto-Germanic tehundô →