Etymograph

English

tip

Tip comes from Middle English tip.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tip
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1598–1599same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tip
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1598–1599same form

Earliest quotation: 1598–1599, Much Adoe about Nothing: “I thinke he thinkes vpon the sauage bull: /…”

The story

Perhaps distantly related to top.

Every English word from Middle English tip

Another origin of tip

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tippen‘to fall, be overturned’
  2. Englishtodaytip

From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (‘to topple over’)), or a special use of Etymology 1.

Today it means

noun The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English tip / tip

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