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Tait

//teɪt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a cheerful or lively person.
Noun
  1. 1
    The honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus).

Etymology

Etymology 1

A borrowing into English of the Australian aboriginal name for the animal.

Etymology 2

From Middle English Tayte, Tayt, Teyt (personal name), from Middle English tayt, teyte (“cheerful, merry”), from Old Norse teitr (“cheerful, glad”), from Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“glad, delicate, tender, radiant”). Cognate with Old English tāt (“glad”, attested in names), Old High German zeiz (“loving, pleasant, tender”).

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