Etymology

tye

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Today it means: A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered. Full definition →

Middle English teye ← Old English tēah ← Old French teie
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tye · noun1

A variant of tie.

tye · noun2

  1. Old French · derived fromteie
  2. Old English · derived fromtēah
  3. Middle English · inherited fromteye“chest, coffer”
  4. English todaytye

Inherited from Middle English teye (“chest, coffer”), from a combination of Old English tēah and Old French teie (both "chest").

tye · noun3

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*tīh
  2. Old English · inherited fromtīh“plot of land”
  3. English todaytye

From Old English tīh (“plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīh. Cognate with Old Frisian ty (“thingstead”), Middle Low German tî, tigge, whence northern German Thie (“old thingstead, village square”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishteye all →

tie

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