Etymology

tey

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Today it means: An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom. Full definition →

Middle English teies ← Anglo-Norman teice ← Old French teise
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  1. Old French · derived fromteise
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromteice
  3. Middle English · derived fromteies
  4. English todaytey

Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.