Where does “pits” come from?

pits (English) comes from English pit, from Middle English pit, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

pits (English): plural of pit

Definitions

  1. plural of pit

Ancestry of “pits”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpitA hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...
2Middle Englishpit—
3Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
4Proto-West Germanicputiwell
5Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
6Latin-alnoun-forming suffix
Every word from Latin -al →Every word from Latin puteus →Every word from Proto-West Germanic puti →