Words that come from Swahili kitu

59 words across 23 languages descend from Swahili kitu — including chitin, chiton, chitinous, chitinase, endochitinase, chitinoid, nonchitinous, chitinaceous.

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English (21)

Translingual (4)

Italian (4)

Portuguese (3)

French (2)

Latin (2)

Ancient Greek (2)

Swahili (2)

Spanish (2)

Dutch (2)

Polish (2)

Coptic (2)

Catalan (1)

Esperanto (1)

Central Semitic (1)

New Latin (1)

Demotic (1)

Finnish (1)

Russian (1)

German (1)

Romanian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Kazakh (1)

Words from Swahili kitu — 59 descendants | Etymology Explorer