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Where does the word "tidings" come from? It comes from Old Norse tithindi, and was adopted directly into English (1200s).
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Where does the word "tidings" come from? It comes from Old Norse tithindi, and was adopted directly into English (1200s).
Tidings’s story begins in Old Norse: tithindi meant “events, news.” Events, happenings, news of what has occurred. It reached English by 1200s as tidings. Settled as the English word for news or information about events. Today, tidings means news or information about recent events.
- Stage 1 · Old Norse · medieval tithindi "events, news", events, happenings, news of what has occurred.
- Stage 2 · English · 1200s tidings "news or information about events", settled as the English word for news or information about events.