fitt

See also: Fitt

English

Noun

fitt (plural fitts)

Alternative form of fit (section of a poem or ballad)

Anagrams

Tift, tift

Old English

Alternative forms

fit

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fittju, from Proto-Germanic *fitjō (“foot, seam”) and *fitī (“section, segment, chapter”), both from Proto-Indo-European *pedio-. Cognate with Old Saxon *fittea, attested in the borrowed Latin vittea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fitt/, [fit]

Noun

fitt f

poem, song
conflict

Declension

Declension of fitt (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fitt	fitta, fitte
accusative	fitte	fitta, fitte
genitive	fitte	fitta
dative	fitte	fittum

Descendants

Middle English: fitt, fit
- English: fit
- Scots: fit

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