Etymology

pittie

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Today it means: A pit bull terrier. Full definition →

English pit ← Middle English pit ← Old English pytt
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  1. Proto-West Germanic*puti
  2. Old Englishpytt
  3. Middle Englishpit
  4. Englishpit
  5. English todaypittie

From pit (“pit bull terrier”) + -ie.

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