Etymology

tillow

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Today it means: Branch; twig; shoot. Full definition →

Middle English *tilwe ← Old English telga
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tillow · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromtelga
  2. Middle English · inherited from*tilwe
  3. English todaytillow

From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, *telghe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller.

tillow · verb2

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*telgōn
  2. Old English · inherited fromtelgian“to put forth branches”
  3. Middle English · inherited from*tilwen
  4. English todaytillow

From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *telȝen, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”), from Proto-West Germanic *telgōn, *tilgijan (“to branch, sprout, produce”).

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