dit

Meanings

Verb

• To close up.

Noun

• A ditty, a little melody.
• A word; a decree.
• decimal digit

Origin

• From Middle English ditten, dutten, from Old English dyttan ("to stop up, close"), from Proto-West Germanic *duttijan, from Proto-Germanic *duttijaną, from *duttaz, akin to Icelandic dytta. Related to Old English dott. More at dot.
• Variant of dite.
• Imitative.
• Shortening.
• From French dit ("called"). ditto.