tee

tee · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromtē
2. Old English · inherited fromte
3. English todaytee

* From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.

tee · noun, verb²

1. Scots · borrowed fromteaz
2. English todaytee

First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.

tee · verb³

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*teuhan
2. Old English · inherited fromtēon
3. Middle English · inherited fromteen
4. English todaytee

From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.

tee · noun⁴

1. Burmese · borrowed fromထီး“umbrella”
2. English todaytee

From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).

Tee · proper noun⁵

From Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tīⁿ). Doublet of Chung.

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