kith

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɪθ/ Rhymes: -ɪθ === Noun === kith (usually uncountable, plural kiths) (archaic or obsolete, uncountable) Friends and acquaintances. (Northern England, Scotland, rustic, countable) An acquaintance or a friend. (social work, countable or uncountable) A person who is not related to a child but has social connections to the child's family, especially when considered as a caregiver or possible caregiver for the child. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:friend or Thesaurus:acquaintance ==== Derived terms ==== kith and kin kithfolk kithless ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== kin kinfolk === References === == Albanian == === Etymology === Variant of kic (“I bite”). === Noun === kith m veil of mystery fog covering the tops of mountains ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== kic === Further reading === “kith”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 == Middle English == === Noun === kith alternative form of kitthe