Where does “bishitá” come from?

bishitá (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu bizita, from Portuguese visitar, from Old Portuguese visitar, from Latin vīsitō, from Latin -ito, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

bishitá (Papiamentu): to visit

Definitions

  1. to visit

Ancestry of “bishitá”, step by step

bishitá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kabuverdianu bizita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabuverdianubizitato visit
2Portuguesevisitarto visit
3Old Portuguesevisitar
4Latinvīsitōto see
5Latin-itoForms frequentative verbs from existing verbs or...
6Latin-tōForms here
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Spanish visitar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvisitarto visit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō