In an idle moment last night I suddenly wondered where the word KIT actually originated? The Oxford English suggests that comes from the Dutch word KITTE,meaning a wooden container of parts needed to complete something!
Anyone else have a suggestion?[:D]
I’m dutch, but I have never heard the wordt “kitte”.
Well, military rumour has it that it came as an acronym for “king’s in trust”.
But, we also say ‘orientate’. So, who knows 
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Sorry, I thought you were talking about KIT, the talking car from “Knight Rider.”
I think he meant Middle Dutch. The fact that it is no less than 500 years old, may be the reason you haven’t heard it recently. [:D]
Also,what about KIT AND KABOODLE ?
Kit and Kaboodle (also spelled caboodle) is Kitte and Boedel, both Middle Dutch. Kitte means wooden vessel made with hooped staves (vessel meaning a box, not a boat!). Boedel means estate or property, so Kit and kaboodle literally means “vessel of property”
Those Middle Dutch folk were pretty busy making words. My fave is pappekak meaning soft dung, which is where poppycock comes from.
I do too many crosswords!
Well, Bill-soldiers always talk about packing their ‘kit’-although I will no longer eat poppycock. (Do they sell Poppycock in Canada?)
Yes Poppycock is sold in Canada, I’m not a big fan of candy covered popcorn. Didn’t mean to put your off a treat. I better not say what vermicelli or muscatel means!
I know about vermi-but not muscatel-but I’m not a wine guy. Worms don’t bother me, I eat snails, kidneys, hearts, brains and tails. Yum!! Oh and tongues too!
Bite your tongue for bringing up such tripe.
Good come back, Wayne-very witty!
Your half right about being witty.
That would be the Knight Industies Two Thousand, KITT
And it’s evil counterpart: KARR, Knight Automated Roving Robot
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knight rider…the TV serie from the 80’s…with david hasslehoff…and a talking car…