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chitEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chitEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English *chit, *chitte, from Old English ċīþ (“germ, seed, sprout, shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵī-, *ǵey(H)- (“to divide, part, split open, sprout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch kiede (“sprout”), dialectal German Keid (“sprout”). Doublet of chive (etymology 2) and scion.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chitEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From chitty, from Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī, “letter, note, written message”). Doublet of cure.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chitEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Perhaps from specialized technical use of Etymology 2, above, “a bud; an excrescence” (Hunter 1882).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗chitEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Euphemistic variation of shit.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- ChitEnglish · e-37683-4933
Chit, chit, n. a note: an order or pass.—Also Chit′ty. [Hind. chitthi.]
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Chit, chit, n. a baby: a lively or pert young child: contemptuously, a young woman or girl. [A.S. cith, a young tender shoot.]
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