Where does “pit” come from?

Pit comes from Dutch pit, which comes from English pit, which comes from Dutch pit, which comes from English pit, which comes from Dutch pit, which comes from English pit, which comes from Dutch pit.

pit (English): A hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...

Definitions

  1. A hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...

Ancestry of “pit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpit
2Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
3Proto-West Germanicputiwell
4Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
5Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

Words derived from “pit

Every word from Latin -alEvery word from Latin puteusEvery word from Proto-West Germanic puti