English

kidology

From kid + -ology.

A compound of kid + -ology

Proto-Germanic *kidją ‘goatling’

Old Norse kið ‘young goat’

Middle English kide ‘kid’

English kid

Today it means

noun The art of kidding, teasing mocking.

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