Etymology

tidbit

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Today it means: A part of poultry when prepared as food Full definition →

English bit ← Middle English bitte ← Old English tid
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*déh₂itis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dih₂tís
  5. Proto-Germanic*tīdiz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*tīdi
  7. Old Englishtid
  8. Middle Englishbitte
  9. Englishbit
  10. English todaytidbit

From Old English tid (“fond, tender, nice”) + English bit (“morsel”).

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