tittle

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演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←中古英语 tytle
源自 ←盎格鲁-诺曼语 titil
源自 ←中世纪拉丁语 titulus “small stroke, diacritical mark, accent”
源自 ←拉丁语 titulus “title”

词源说明

From Middle English tytle, titel, titele, from Anglo-Norman titil, titule and Medieval Latin titulus (“small stroke, diacritical mark, accent”), from Latin titulus (“title”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, title, titlo, and titulus.

释义（英文）

名词 Noun

(typography) Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or of a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.
(by extension) A small, insignificant amount (of something); a modicum or speck.

词族

派生词（4）

jot and tittle tittle-tattler tittle-tattling to a tittle

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演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←中古英语 titillen
源自 ←古英语 *tūtel

词源说明

From Middle English titillen, tytyllen, perhaps variants of Middle English tutelen (“to whisper, chatter”), from tutel (“mouth”), from Old English *tūtel, *tȳtel, related to Old Frisian tūte (“mouth”). Compare Middle English touten (“to jut out, project, protrude”), Middle English toute (“projection, mound, hill”), Middle Dutch tûte (whence modern Dutch tuit (“spout, nozzle, nose, point, peak, summit”)), Old Norse túta (“a teat-like prominence”), Danish tude (“spout”).

释义（英文）

动词 Verb

(Scotland) To chatter.