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-tide

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See also: tide, Tide, and tìde

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English -tide, -tyde, from Old English -tīd (in compounds), from tīd (point or portion of time, due time, period, season; feast-day, canonical hour); see tide.

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Suffix

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-tide

  1. Time, period (especially around an event or festival), season; often added to a festival name to indicate the period around that festival or a season beginning or ending with it.
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Etymology 2

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From peptide, glycopeptide.

Suffix

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-tide

  1. (pharmacology) Used to form names of peptides and glycopeptides.
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