KNIGHTHOOD
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 17
The word knight is undoubtedly derived in its first origin from the root "to knit," or connect; from whence also the German knecht, slave or eeri-nnt. The Anglo Saxon cnicht bore the same meaning; and this etymology points to the primitive meaning of the institution of knighthood. This may be found in the usage recorded by Tacitus and other writers of the ancient Germans, among whom the kings and chiefs were attended in [s. 647]
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