whit

Meaning

Noun

The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

Related

Similar words

bit, iota, jot, scrap

Origin

From Middle English wiȝt, wight, from Old English wiht, from Proto-Germanic *wihtą or *wihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wekti-, from *wekʷ-. Cognate with Old High German wiht, Dutch wicht, German Wicht. wight.

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