Etymology

kept

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Middle English kept ← Old English cēpte
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  1. Old English · inherited fromcēpte
  2. Middle English · inherited fromkept
  3. English todaykept

From Middle English kept, kepte, from Old English cēpte; see -t.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.