Etymology

kithe

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Today it means: To make known; to reveal. Full definition →

Middle English kiþen ← Old English cȳþan ← Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kunþijaną“to make known”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*kunþijan
  3. Old English · derived fromcȳþan
  4. Middle English · inherited fromkiþen
  5. English todaykithe

From Middle English kiþen, küthen, kithen, from Old English cȳþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunþijan, from Proto-Germanic *kunþijaną (“to make known”).

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