Etymology of the English word tiger
the English word tiger
Date
The earliest known usage of tiger in English dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in English
liger,
tigerfish,
tigerish,
tiglonCognates
Dutch
tijger, French
tigre, German
Tiger, Icelandic
tígris, Italian
tigre, Latin
tigris, Lithuanian
tigras, Norwegian
tiger, Russian
тигp, Spanish
tigre, Swedish
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