Where does “sitio” come from?

sitio (Ilocano) comes from Spanish sitio, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

sitio (Ilocano): a subdivision of a barangay, typically rural

Definitions

  1. a subdivision of a barangay, typically rural

Ancestry of “sitio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsitiosite, place; siege
2Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin situs →