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- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
- Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
- Ancient Greekθήκη (thḗkē)
- Latinthēca
- English todaytheca
From New Latin, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Doublet of tay.
Words from the same roots
Latinthēca all →
tick
Ancient Greekθήκη all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.