titties 的词源

1746年，tetties（复数），teats（参见 teat）的幼儿或方言缩小变体。

Margery. Come, be quite;—be quite, es zey, a grabbling o' wone's Tetties.—Es wont ha' ma Tetties a grabbled zo ; ner es wont be mullad and foulad.—Stand azide; come, gi' o'er. ["Exmoor Courtship, or, A Suitoring Discourse, in the Devonshire Dialect and Mode, near the forest of Exmoor," 1746]

Margery. 来吧，安静些；—安静些，es zey，抓住一个人的Tetties。—Es wont ha' ma Tetties a grabbled zo；ner es wont be mullad and foulad.—站到一边；来吧，停止。["Exmoor Courtship, or, A Suitoring Discourse, in the Devonshire Dialect and Mode, near the forest of Exmoor," 1746]

中古英语中 teat，tete “女性乳房”的复数形式包括 titties，tutes，teatis，teten，和 titten。