Meaning

noun a small tasty bit of food

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis Proto-Germanic *tīdiz Proto-West Germanic *tīdi Old English tid English bit English tidbit From Old English tid (“fond, tender, nice”) + English bit (“morsel”).

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