Where does “tiçon” come from?

tiçon (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin titio, from Proto-Italic tītjō, from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- — to become hot, melt "or" to end.

Ancestry of “tiçon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintitiofirebrand
2Proto-Italictītjōheating
3Proto-Indo-Europeanteih₁-to become hot, melt "or" to end

Words derived from “tiçon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teih₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic tītjō →Every word from Latin titio →
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