English
tithe
Tithe comes from Middle English tithe ‘tenth’, and goes back to Old English tēoþa.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tēoþa‘tenth’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tithe‘tenth’
- Englishearliest quotation 854tithe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tēoþa‘tenth’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tithe‘tenth’
- Englishearliest quotation 854tithe
Earliest quotation: 854, "Grant by Adulf" in Cartularium Saxonicu, Book ii: “He teoðode gynd eall his cyne rice ðone teoðan…”
Every English word from Old English tēoþa
Today it means
noun A tenth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English tēoþa / tithe