Where does “kitoun” come from?

kitoun (Middle English) comes from Middle English cat, from Old English catt, from Proto-West Germanic *kattu — cat.

kitoun (Middle English): kitten

Definitions

  1. kitten

Ancestry of “kitoun”, step by step

kitoun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English cat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcatcat (feline)
2Old Englishcattcat
3Proto-West Germanic*kattucat

via Anglo-Norman kiton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normankiton—

Words derived from “kitoun”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kattu →Every word from Old English catt →Every word from Middle English cat →