Etymograph

English

titch

From the stage name Little Tich; see tich.

The story

Attested since the 1880s. Possibly also from, or influenced by, a word from Old English ticcen (‘young goat’).

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Another origin of titch

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deyḱ-‘to show’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*taikijaną‘to show’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*taikijanreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150tǣċan‘to show, declare, demonstrate’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500techen‘to teach’
  6. Englishtodaytitch

Today it means

noun A very small person; a small child.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “titch”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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