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English

shit

/ʃɪt/
Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”).

    Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse.

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-).

    Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishschite
      • inheritedOld Englishsċitte
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*skittjā
          • partProto-West Germanic*skiti
            • inheritedProto-Germanic*skitiz
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*skeyd- “to split, divide, separate”
          • partProto-West Germanic*-jā
      • inheritedOld English*sċite
    • rootProto-Indo-European*skey- “to dissect; to split”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishschiten
      • inheritedOld Englishsċītan “to defecate, shit”
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*skītan
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*skītaną “to defecate”
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*skéydt

    Related: Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, sv,nn skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur, English scheisse (doublet), West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide

    Words built on it: give a shit, shit show

    Meanings

    noun
    1. Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
    2. The act of shitting.
    3. Rubbish; worthless matter.
    4. Stuff, things.
    5. (the shit) The best of its kind.
    6. Genitalia, especially male.
    adj
    1. Of poor quality; worthless.
    2. Nasty; despicable.
    verb
    1. To defecate.
    2. To excrete (something) through the anus.
    3. To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
    4. To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart.
    5. To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
    6. To annoy.
    intj
    1. Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
    2. Used to show displeasure or surprise.
    3. Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: shit