tire

tire · verb¹

1. Proto-West Germanic*teuʀōn
2. Old Englishtēorian
3. Middle Englishtiren
4. English todaytire

From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).

tire · noun, verb²

1. Middle English · inherited fromtir(e)“equipment, furnshings, ornament”
2. English todaytire

Probably from Middle English tir(e) (“equipment, furnshings, ornament”). See the details at tyre.

tire · verb³

1. Old French · derived fromtirer“to draw or pull”
2. Middle English · inherited fromtire
3. English todaytire

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

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