English
tether
Tether comes from Middle English tether.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tether
- Englishearliest quotation 1909same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tether
- Englishearliest quotation 1909same form
Earliest quotation: 1909, Rudyard Kipling, London: Hodder & Stoughton: “Deeper than speech our love, stronger than life our…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull’
team, education, production, product, touch, produce, reduce, conduct, introduction, tie, duke, reduction, introduce, toy, tow, induction, educate, tying, dolphin, duct, induce, educator, tuck, duchess, tug, conn, tighten, conducive, seduce, douche, subdue, duchy, doge, taut, duc, redux, transducer, cond, duce, untie, 126 more
Today it means
noun A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English tether / tether