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Where does “dita” come from?

dita (Latin) comes from Latin dito, from Latin dis, from Latin dives, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

dita (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “dita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinditoI enrich
2Latindisrich, wealthy; dative/ablative plural of deus
3Latindivesrich, wealthy; productive, fertile; talented
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
5Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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