Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. · A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċytten, *ċietten, *ċitten, from Proto-West Germanic *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”). Cognate with Scots chit (“chit”), Low German kitte (“young animal”), German Kitz (“fawn, kid”). See also kid.
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