Where does “sitye” come from?
sitye (Haitian Creole) comes from French situer, from Medieval Latin situo, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
sitye (Haitian Creole): to be located, situated
Ancestry of “sitye”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | situer | to locate; to situate; To be located ; To be |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | situo | to locate, place |
| 3 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |