Where does “pit” come from?

pit (Indonesian) comes from English pit, from Middle English pit, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

pit (Indonesian): bicycle

Definitions

  1. bicycle

Ancestry of “pit”, step by step

pit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpitA hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...
2Middle Englishpit
3Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
4Proto-West Germanicputiwell
5Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
6Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

via Javanese ꦥꦶꦠ꧀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦥꦶꦠ꧀bicycle
2Dutchfietsbicycle; motorbike
Every word from Latin -al
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