Where does “kitoun” come from?
kitoun (Middle English) comes from Middle English cat, from Old English catt, from Proto-West Germanic *kattu.
kitoun (Middle English): kitten
Ancestry of “kitoun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cat | cat |
| 2 | Old English | catt | cat |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kattu | — |
Words derived from “kitoun”