kit

name

1. A male given name from Cantonese 傑 /杰 (git⁶).

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from German kitte, Kütte (“flock of doves”) (circa 1880).

1. A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.

phrase

1. Initialism of keep in touch.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in American English in the mid 20th century.

1. To assemble or collect something into kits.

   “We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.”

2. To equip (somebody) with something.