lit (n.1)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[lit 词源字典]
"color, hue, dye," early 12c., from Old Norse litr "color," from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz (cognates: Old English wlite "brightness, beauty," Old Frisian wlite "exterior, form," Gothic *wlits "face, form").[lit etymology, lit origin, 英语词源]
lit (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
past participle adjective from light (v.2). Slang meaning "drunk" is recorded from 1914.
lit (n.2)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
colloquial shortening of literature, attested by 1850.