mitten
pronunciation
How to pronounce mitten in British English:
UK [ˈmɪtn]
How to pronounce mitten in American English:
US [ˈmɪtn]
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- Noun:
- glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together
Word Origin
- mitten
- mitten: [14] Etymologically, a mitten is ‘half a glove’. The word comes via Old French mitaine from Vulgar Latin *medietāna ‘cut off in the middle’ (originally an adjective, and applied to gloves, but subsequently used independently as a noun meaning ‘cut-off glove’). This in turn came from Latin medietās ‘half’ (source of English moiety [15]), a derivative of medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium). The abbreviated mitt dates from the 18th century.=> medium, moiety
- mitten (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French mitaine "mitten, half-glove" (12c.), from Old French mite "mitten," and from Medieval Latin mitta, which are perhaps from Middle High German mittemo, Old High German mittamo "middle, midmost" (reflecting notion of "half-glove"), or from Vulgar Latin *medietana "divided in the middle," from Latin medius (see medial (adj.)).
Example
- 1. The nature frozen mitten is a mentality disease what .
- 2. What poisons the nature frozen mitten , that dose ?
- 3. There is a hole in the thumb of his mitten .
- 4. Offer as a tribute if we will love duoyu , this world is not maybe also in a frozen mitten .
- 5. Does the male sex frozen mitten have way to be able to cure what ?