English word origin

Etymology of ti

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Source etymology 1

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noun

A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

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Coined by English music educator Sarah Anna Glover in 1812 as an alteration of si for her solmization, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter, from Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

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Inherited-form mentionsienm
Derivation mentionsiit
Derivation mentionSāncte Iohannēsla · Saint John (the Baptist)

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Source etymology 2

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noun

A good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub native to China and the Pacific islands.

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

From a Polynesian language, related to Hawaiian kī.

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Cognate mentionkīhaw

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