Titbit
/ˈtɪt.bɪt/noun
A small, especially tasty or interesting, piece of food or information.
Did you know?Titbit is a reduplicated form built from dialectal bit, and its history shows how English often turns ordinary eating words into words for irresistible scraps of information.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bheid-
“to split, bite, or divide”
Old English
OE
bītan
“to bite”
Middle English
ME
bit
“a piece, morsel”
19th Century
English
tit-bit
“a delicate morsel of food; a dainty little piece”
Modern English
English
titbit
“a small tasty morsel or a piece of interesting news”