Where does “tice” come from?
tice (Scots) comes from Middle English tyce, 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.
tice (Scots): to coax, entice, wheedle
Ancestry of “tice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | tyce | — |
| 2 | Old French | atisier | to stir up |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | attitiare | present active infinitive of *attītiō |
| 4 | Latin | titio | firebrand |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tītjō | heating |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teih₁- | to become hot, melt "or" to end |