Where does “kita” come from?
kita (Indonesian) comes from Malay kita, from Proto-Malayic kita(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita — we, us, our.
kita (Indonesian): we; our / ours
Ancestry of “kita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | kita | we, us, our; I, me, my; we |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | kita(ʔ) | we, us, our |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (i-)kita | we, us, our |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | (i-)kita | we, us, our |