Etymology

chithe

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Middle English chithe ← Old English ċīþ
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromċīþ“scion, shoot, sprout”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromchithe
  3. English todaychithe

From Middle English chithe, chythe, from Old English ċīþ (“scion, shoot, sprout”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishċīþ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.