Where does “pita” come from?
pita (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pito, from Portuguese pinto, from English pint, from Middle English pinte, from Old French pinte, from Vulgar Latin pincta, from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
pita (Portuguese): pita; Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental...
Definitions
- pita; Furcraea foetida, a fibrous, ornamental...
Ancestry of “pita”, step by step
pita traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese pito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pito | chick; cigarette |
| 2 | Portuguese | pinto | chick; penis |
| 3 | English | pint | A unit of volume, equivalent to; A pint of milk;... |
| 4 | Middle English | pinte | pint |
| 5 | Old French | pinte | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pincta | a mark used to indicate a level of quantity... |
| 7 | Latin | Pictus | a Pict, a resident of early Scotland |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |