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Keats
//ˈkits// name
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Proper Noun
- 1 A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
- 2 John Keats (1795–1821), English poet and key figure of the Romantic movement.
Etymology
From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).
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