English Explanatory Dictionary

ight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. possession
contraction
  1. Alternative form of aight.

Pronunciation

/aɪt/

Word forms

ight eight aught

Etymology

From Middle English iht, eiȝt, eȝte, æihte, from Old English ǣht (“possessions, property, riches”), from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ēyk- (“to have, own, be able to”).

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