tilde

noun

a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization

Roots

titulustild- · Latin · title, superscription

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Where does tilde come from?

The word tilde breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root tild-, from Latin titulus (“title, superscription”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.