Where does “kit” come from?
kit (Middle English) comes from Middle English kitte, from Middle Dutch kitte, from Proto-West Germanic *kitte.
Ancestry of “kit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | kitte | wooden bucket or tub; belly |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kitte | — |