Nitid
/ˈnɪtɪd/noun
Shining, glossy, or brilliantly polished.
Did you know?Nitid comes from Latin nitidus, a word associated with shining surfaces and brilliance, from nitēre, “to shine” or “to be bright.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*nei-
“To shine or be bright”
Classical Latin
Latin
nitēre
“To shine, gleam, or be bright”
Classical Latin
Latin
nitidus
“Shining, glossy, bright, or elegant”
Late Latin
Latin
nitidus
“Bright, polished, or splendid”
17th Century
English
nitid
“Shining, lustrous, or polished”
Modern English
English
nitid
“Bright, glossy, or brilliantly polished”