English

kitish

From kite + -ish.

Formed from kite + -ish

Proto-West Germanic *kūt ‘bird of prey’

Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō ‘kite (bird)’

Old English cȳta

Middle English kyte ‘a kite endemic to Europe, especially the red…’

English kite

Today it means

adj Resembling or pertaining to a kite (the bird of prey).

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