Where does “chitine” come from?
chitine (Italian) comes from Italian chitina, from French chitine, from Latin chiton, from Ancient Greek χιτών, from Central Semitic kittan, from Swahili kitu, from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀.
chitine (Italian): plural of chitina
Ancestry of “chitine”, step by step