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tie

/ˈtaɪ/TIGH
/ˈtaɪ/TIGH

Meaningbinding, fastening

Common meaning: to fasten with a cord

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DU‘go, to enter’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 160, p. 735 · scan
  2. Old EnglishtigansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishtigensource
  4. Englishtie‘to fasten with a cord’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English tigan ‘binding, fastening’.

Roots

  • tigan Old English “binding, fastening”

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