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 -al →Every word from Latin puteus →Every word from Proto-West Germanic puti →