git

git · noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromget“[illegitimate] offspring”
2. English todaygit

From Middle English get (“[illegitimate] offspring”). A southern variant of Scots get (“illegitimate child, brat”), related to beget.

git · proper noun²

Likely chosen for its shortness and pronounceability, but various other explanations and backronyms were offered after its introduction.

Words from the same roots