The story
- Latintitulus
- Old Englishtitul
- Middle Englishtitle
- English todaytitle
From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishtitle all →
jot and tittle
Latintitulus all →
tildetittlejot and tittletitulus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.