Word origin
[1250–1300; ME
-t(o)usen, in
betusen, fortusen to handle roughly (simple verb first recorded in the early 16th century); c. OFris
tūsen to rend, G
zausen to tousle
]This word is first recorded in the period 1250–1300. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: force, front, lift, number, square