kith
Middle English
/kiθ/
noun
Definitions
- One's motherland or birthplace; the region or territory where one belongs
- One's kin, ethnicity, or lineage; the people one belongs to.
- One's descendant; a person from one's line.
- Relation; connection by blood, heritage.
- (rare) learning, facts
- (rare) tradition, good manners.
- (rare) The state of knowing someone.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cȳþþ inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (acquaintance, knowledge).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kunþiþō
Gloss
acquaintance, knowledge