Etymograph

English

Kitson

Kitson comes from English Kit ‘diminutive of the given name Christopher’.

  1. English1500–presentKit‘diminutive of the given name Christopher’
  2. EnglishtodayKitson

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentKit‘diminutive of the given name Christopher’
  2. EnglishtodayKitson

A compound of Kit ‘diminutive of the given name Christopher’ + -son

Middle Dutch kitte ‘a wooden vessel made of hooped staves’

Middle English kyt

English Kit

Every English word from English Kit

Today it means

name A surname originating as a patronymic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / English Kit / Kitson

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