Chit Definition

Origin of Chit

• From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċietten, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”). Cognate with Scots chit (“chit”), Low German kitte (“young animal”), German Kitz (“fawn, kid”). See also kid.

  From Wiktionary

• From chitty from Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī, “letter, note”) or चिट्टी (ciṭṭī, “letter, chit, written message”), possibly from Sanskrit चित्ति (citti, “thoughts”).

  From Wiktionary

• Obsolete chitty from Hindi ciṭṭhī note, letter probably from Sanskrit ciṭṭa- message akin to Avestan cīš- to assign, refer

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Euphemistic variation of shit

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English young animal

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition