Teer
/tɪər/noun
An obsolete spelling and variant form of “tier,” meaning a row, level, or layer.
Did you know?“Teer” survives mainly in historical texts as a spelling variant of “tier,” whose sense of stacked levels later expanded into social and organizational ranking.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic influence
Germanic
*tīrōn
“A proposed Germanic source associated with arranging or drawing out in a line; the deeper origin is uncertain.”
12th–13th Century
Old French
tire
“A row, rank, or series.”
Middle English
English
teer
“A row or level; an early spelling variant of “tier.””
15th–16th Century
English
tier
“A row or series, especially one arranged above another.”
Modern English
English
tier
“A level, rank, or layer in an arrangement or hierarchy.”