Where does “pit” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
2Proto-West Germanicputiwell
3Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
4Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

Words derived from “pit”

Every word from Latin -al →
pit — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer