Etymograph

English

tickproof

From tick + -proof.

Formed from tick + -proof

Proto-West Germanic *tīkō

Old English ticia ‘parasitic animal, tick’

Middle English tyke

English tick

Today it means

adj Resistant to ticks (type of arachnid).

Sources

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