English

kidlit

From kid + lit; see lit (“literature”).

A compound of kid + lit

Proto-Germanic *kidją ‘goatling’

Old Norse kið ‘young goat’

Middle English kide ‘kid’

English kid

Proto-Indo-European *wel- ‘to see’

Proto-Germanic *wlitiz ‘countenance, face’

Old Norse litr ‘colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance’

Middle English lit

English lit

Today it means

noun books written for children or young adults

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