Etymology

wintertide

win·ter·tide
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Today it means: wintertime Full definition →

Middle English wintertid ← Old English winter
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromwinter
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwintertid
  3. English todaywintertide

From Middle English wintertid, wyntertyde, from Old English winter + tid (“time”). By surface analysis, winter + -tide. Cognate to Dutch wintertijd (“winter time”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwinter all →

winterWentworthWinterbottomWinterton-on-Sea

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