kitt

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noun

the kittiwake.

OriginMiddle High German kīde ← Old High German *chīdi ← Proto-Germanic *kīþą →
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Meanings

kitt1

nounkitt (plural kitts)

plural kitts

  1. UKbiologythe kittiwake.

Kitt2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Jay County, Indiana, United States.
  3. alternativeAlternative spelling of Kit (the diminutive of Christopher)

Origin

kitt · noun

Shortening.

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Kitt · proper noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*kīþą“sprout, seedling”
  2. Old High German*chīdi
  3. Middle High Germankīde
  4. EnglishKitt

* As an English surname, from Kit, a pet form of Christopher; also from kit (“vessel of hooped staves”). * As a German surname, from kit (“sprout, offshoot”), from Middle High German kīde, from Old High German *chīdi, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout, seedling”). Compare Alemannic German chiide.

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APA

kitt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitt

MLA

“kitt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kitt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitt.

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