Likely fromOld Japanese[Term?]. Attested from at least the mid-ninth century.

いと• (ito) 

1. (archaic) a youngchild, ababy

   (Referred to a child of either sex until the late 1700s, after which it was used to refer specifically to a female child.)

2. (archaic) adaughter

いと• (ito-) 

1. (archaic) affixed to a noun referring to a person, indicating earlychildhood

いと• (Ito) 

1. 伊都,愛:a femalegiven name

   Likely derived by extension from the meaning ofdaughter. The kanji areateji.

Reading of various kanji terms.

いと• (ito) 

1. 最,甚:extremely,considerably
   • 970–999,Utsubo Monogatari, page Toshikage:

     父母「いとあやしき子なり。生ひいでんやうを見む」とて [...]

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

いと• (ito) 

1. 意図:intention,aim,design
2. 異図: atreasonous ordisloyalplan
3. 糸:string,thread,line
4. 従兄弟: acousin
5. 已度:excess

いと• (Ito) 

1. 怡土: a formercounty in modern-dayFukuoka Prefecture

いとする• (itosuru) transitive suru (stemいとし(itoshi),pastいとした(itoshita))

1. 意図: tointend oraim ordesign todo something
2. 異図: toplan to do somethingtreasonous ordisloyal

• Kōno, Tama (c.970–999),Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 10:Utsubo Monogatari 1 (in Japanese),Tōkyō:Iwanami Shoten, published1959,→ISBN.

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