Where does “kita” come from?

kita (Hiligaynon) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita, from Proto-Austronesian kita — to see; to look; to watch.

kita (Hiligaynon): we; to see, behold

Definitions

  1. we; to see, behold

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

kita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankitato see; to look; to watch
2Proto-Austronesiankitato see; to look; to watch

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
2Proto-Austronesian(i-)kitawe, us, our

Words derived from “kita”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita →