tittle

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

• To chatter.

Origin

• From Middle English tytle, titel, titele, from Anglo-Norman titil, titule and Medieval Latin titulus, from Latin titulus. tilde, titer/titre, title, titlo, and titulus.
• From Middle English titillen, tytyllen, perhaps variants of Middle English tutelen, from tutel, from Old English *tūtel, *tȳtel, related to Old Frisian tūte. Compare Middle English touten, Middle English toute, Middle Dutch tûte (whence modern Dutch tuit), Old Norse túta, Danish tude.