Tidbit

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mid 17th century (as tyd bit, tid-bit ): from dialect tid ‘tender’ (of unknown origin) + bit1.

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From tid(“fond, tender, nice”) +‎ bit(“morsel”).

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tidbit (n.)

1630s, probably from dialectal tid "fond, solicitous, tender" (perhaps by influence of tit (n.2)) + bit (n.1) "morsel."