Etymology

smit

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Dutch Smid
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smit · verb, noun1

See smittle.

Smit · proper noun2

  1. Dutch · borrowed fromSmid
  2. English todaySmit

Borrowed from Dutch Smid, from smid (“smith”). Doublet of Smith and Schmidt.

Words from the same roots

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Smid

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