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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teyh₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).
Cognate to Old Irish tinaid (“to melt, disappear”), Middle Welsh odit (“rarity”), Icelandic þíður (“melted, thawed”), Hittite zanuzi (“to cook (trans.)”), zinnizi (“to end, finish”). Also see taeda (“pine-wood, torch”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tītiō m (genitive tītiōnis); third declension
- firebrand (tool)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Northern Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- “titio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- titio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
titio m (plural titios)
- (childish) Alternative form of tio