Where does “kita” come from?

kita (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita, from Proto-Austronesian kita — to see; to look; to watch.

kita (Cebuano): we; to see, behold; money earned; earnings

Definitions

  1. we; to see, behold; money earned; earnings

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankitato see; to look; to watch
2Proto-Austronesiankitato see; to look; to watch

Words derived from “kita”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita →
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