One way to hold this word: a harvest laid out in ten equal heaps, and one of those heaps set aside before anything else is touched. Every use of the word is a question about that one heap. Who moves it — the farmer, or the man who comes for it? Is it owed, or offered? And once the heap has been lifted out often enough, the church can drop out of the picture altogether and the word is left meaning just that: one part in ten, a small piece of the whole.
可以把這個字想成：一季的收成被分成十堆，其中一堆在任何東西被動用之前就先被撥到旁邊。這個字的每一種用法，問的都是那一堆的事。是誰搬它——種田的人，還是上門來收的人？它是欠的，還是給的？而當這一堆被撥出來撥了夠久，教會甚至可以從畫面裡消失，只剩下那個數字：十份裡的一份，整體裡的一小塊。
From the word’s history
Middle English tithe, from Old English tēoþa, 'a tenth' — the word was a number before it was ever a payment.
中古英文 tithe，來自古英文 tēoþa，意思是「第十、十分之一」。這個字先是一個數字，後來才變成一筆錢的名字。
Wiktionary, "tithe"
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