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Where does “bitô” come from?
bitô (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
Ancestry of “bitô”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-European
bʰeyd-
to split
2
Proto-Indo-European
bʰey-
bee
Words derived from “bitô”
bit
bitter
bits
bitterness
bitten
bitmap
bittersweet
bitters
embitter
tidbit
bitwise
bittern
bitstream
biter
BitTorrent
bitrate
bitty
frostbitten
gigabit
embittering
bitts
underbid
bitline
embitterment
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