Where does “IIT” come from?

IIT (English) comes from English eat, from Middle English eten, from Old English eoten, from Proto-Germanic etunaz, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

IIT (English): Initialism of Indian Institute of Technology

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Indian Institute of Technology

Ancestry of “IIT”, step by step

IIT traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English eat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheatTo ingest
2Middle EnglishetenTo eat, devour; To consume or have a meal; To...
3Old Englisheotengiant, monster
4Proto-Germanicetunazan overeater, glutton; a giant
5Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Old Frisian ita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianitato eat
2Proto-West Germanicetanto eat

Words derived from “IIT”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →