Mitten
/ˈmɪt.ən/noun
A glove with two sections, one for the thumb and one for the other four fingers together.
Did you know?Mitten is a diminutive of mitten in Middle English and ultimately goes back to a Germanic root meaning a hand, which is why its deepest relatives are all about the hand itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵhes-
“hand”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*handuz
“hand”
Old French
OF
mitaine
“mitten or glove”
Middle English
ME
mitten
“glove with a separate thumb”
Modern English
English
mitten
“a glove with a separate thumb and one section for the other fingers”