Where does “bitin” come from?

bitin (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano ten.

bitin (Cebuano): a snake; a legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue

Definitions

  1. a snake; a legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue

Ancestry of “bitin”, step by step

bitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano ten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoten

via Cebuano B

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoB
Every word from Cebuano ten
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