knit
noun/nɪt/
/nɪt/
[usually plural]- a piece of clothing that has been knitted
- winter knits
Word OriginOld English cnyttan, of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect knütten, also to knot. The original sense was ‘tie in or with a knot’, hence ‘join, unite’ (sense (3)); an obsolete Middle English sense ‘knot string to make a net’ gave rise to sense (1).Want to learn more?
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