Where does “kita” come from?

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

kita (Ilocano): to see

Definitions

  1. to see

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankitato see; to look; to watch
2Proto-Austronesiankitato see; to look; to watch
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita →