The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
KITTING
Etymology
Noun
kitting (uncountable)
(manufacturing, retail) The process of assembling or bundling various related goods for sale to increase revenue.
Verb
kitting
present participle of kit
Source: Wiktionary
KIT
Kit, v. t. [imp. Kitte.]
Definition: To cut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Kit, n. Etym: [See Kitten.]
Definition: A kitten. Kit fox (Zoöl.), a small burrowing fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox.
Kit, n. Etym: [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. Guitar.]
Definition: A small violin. "A dancing master's kit." Grew. Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. Dickens.
Kit, m. Etym: [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.]
1. A large bottle.
2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. Wright.
3. straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
4. A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like.
5. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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