whit

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

Prep

Pronunciation spelling of with.

Συνώνυμα

iota

bit

shred

jot

particle

scintilla

smidge

smidgen

smidgeon

smidgin

tittle

molecule

moment

thing

trice

trifle

modicum

continental

corpuscle

dot

grain

hoot

instant

jiff

jiffy

mite

stop

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/wɪt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Middle English wiȝt, wight, from Old English wiht (“wight, person, creature, being, whit, thing, something, anything”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtą (“thing, creature”) or *wihtiz (“essence, object”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekti- (“cause, sake, thing”), from *wekʷ- (“to say, tell”). Cognate with Old High German wiht (“creature, thing”), Dutch wicht, German Wicht. Doublet of wight.