mitten

mit·ten

a glovelike covering for the hand, with a thumb but no separately divided fingers
mitt (sense )

Origin of mitten

Middle English mytten from Old French mitaine from mite (in same sense), probably origin, originally metaphorical use of mite, cat

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mitten

noun

A covering for the hand that encases the thumb separately and the four fingers together.

Origin of mitten

Middle English mitaine from Old French ( from mite, mitten ) ( probably from mite term of endearment for a female cat (a mitten being so called in reference to the cat's soft fur) ) (French minet cat ) and Provençal mino female cat of imitative origin

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Noun

(plural mittens)

A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers.

Origin

From Middle English myten, mitaine, from Old French mitan, miton, mitaine (“mitten", literally “half-glove") (Modern French mitaine), from Frankish *mitamo, *mittamo (“half"), superlative of *mitti (“midpoint"), from Proto-Germanic *midjÃ´, *midjÄ… (“middle, center"), from Proto-Indo-European *medÊ°y- (“between, in the middle, center"). Cognate with Old High German mittamo, metemo (“half, in the middle"), Old Dutch medemest (“midmost"), Old English medeme (“middling, average, median", literally “midmost, in the middle"). More at mid, middle.