| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | kaito- |
| DEFINITION: | Forest, uncultivated land. 1. heath, from Old English h th, heath, untilled land, from Germanic *haithiz. 2a. heathen, from Old English hthen, heathen, “savage” (< “one inhabiting uncultivated land”); b. hoyden, from Middle Dutch heiden, heathen. Both a and b from Germanic *haithinaz. (Pokorny kaito- 521.) |
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