English

title deed

From title + deed.

A compound of title + deed

Latin titulus ‘title, inscription’

Old English titul ‘title, heading’

Middle English title

English title

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’

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Proto-Germanic *dēdiz

Proto-West Germanic *dādi

Old English dēd ‘deed, act’

Middle English dede

English deed

Today it means

noun A deed or similar document by which the title to property is conveyed between parties.

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