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kith

noun
/kɪθ/

Etymology

From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th.

  1. derived from *ǵneh₃-✻
  2. inherited from *kunþiþō✻
  3. inherited from cȳþþ
  4. inherited from kitthe

Definitions

  1. Friends and acquaintances.

    • Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles!
    • The demography-crossing thing that undergirds this election year, I think, is a strong, broad desire to punish Clinton and his kith with a denial of further power.

  2. An acquaintance or a friend.

The neighborhood

Derived

kith and kin, kithfolk, kithless

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for kith. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA