English word origin

Etymology of -tide

From Middle English -tide, -tyde, from Old English -tīd (in compounds), from tīd (“point or portion of time, due time, period, season; feast-day, canonical hour”); see tide.

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Source etymology 1

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suffix

Time, period (especially around an event or festival), season; often added to a festival name to indicate the period around that festival or a season beginning or ending with it.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English -tide, -tyde, from Old English -tīd (in compounds), from tīd (“point or portion of time, due time, period, season; feast-day, canonical hour”); see tide.

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Inherited-form mention-tideenm
Inherited-form mentiontīdang

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Source etymology 2

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suffix

Used to form names of peptides and glycopeptides.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From peptide, glycopeptide.

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