Etymology

pitter

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Today it means: A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries. Full definition →

English pit ← Middle English pit ← Old English pytt
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pitter · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic*puti
  2. Old Englishpytt
  3. Middle Englishpit
  4. Englishpit
  5. English todaypitter

From pit + -er.

pitter · verb2

See pitter-patter.

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