wit

Meaning

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʋɪt/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch wit, from Old Dutch *wit, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwittaz. The geminate is unexpected as the usual Proto-Germanic form is *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“shine; bright”). The geminate is sometimes explained as being the result of Kluge's law, thus from a pre-Germanic *kweyd-nos.

New
witten

  1. to whiten, bleach
  2. to guise something illegal as legal, e.g. to launder (money)

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