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語源

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 古期英語 tāt (“glad”, attested in names), Old High German zeiz (“loving, pleasant, tender”).