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KIDEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
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Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗kidEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydn-, *ǵʰaydn- (“goat”) or Proto-Indo-European *gidʰ- (“kid, goatling, little goat”). Compare Swedish and Danish kid, German Kitz and Kitze, Albanian kedh and kec. The sense of child has been in use since the 1590s as slang, and since the 1840s in informal use.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗kidEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *kidde, from Old English *cydde (“pouch, belly”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuddijā, derived from or related to Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“bag, sack, pod, shell, husk”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗kidEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Compare Welsh cidysen.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- KidEnglish · e-38538-6665
Kid, kid, n. a young goat: (slang) a child, esp. a boy: (pl.) gloves of kid leather.—adj. made of kid leather or imitation kid leather.—v.t. and v.i. to bring forth a goat:—pr.p. kid′ding; pa.p. kid′ded.—ns. Kid′-fox (Sh
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Kid, kid, n. a small tub.—Also Kit.
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Kid, kid, n. a fagot, a bundle of sticks. [Prob. W. cidys, fagots.]
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Kid, kid, v.t. and v.i. (slang) to hoax—also Kid′dy.—n. a deception. [Perh. conn. with kid, a child.]
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