Where does “pit” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchputti
2Proto-West Germanicputiwell
3Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
4Latin-alnoun-forming suffix
Every word from Latin -al