Pit

Morpheme

Pit

Type

free base

Denotation

depression, trench, hole

Etymology

Middle English pit, pet, püt; Old English pytt; Latin puteus

Evidence

armpit, ashpit, catchpit, cesspit, chalkpit, charpit, coalpit, firepit, Lychpit, marlpit, micropit, nanopit, pit, pitboard, pitcoal, pitfall, pitful, pithead, pithouse, pitless, pitlike, pitman, pitmaster, pitroom, pits, pitsaw, pitted, pitter, pitting, pittite, pitwall, pitwheel, pitwork, pitwright, pockpit, pseudopit, sandpit, sawpit, snowpit, stonepit, superpit, tanpit, tearpit, washpit, wheelpit, whirlpit