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Where does “bitiz” come from?

bitiz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bitiz (Proto-Germanic): bite

Definitions

  1. bite

Ancestry of “bitiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “bitiz”

  • bit
  • bits
  • bitmap
  • tidbit
  • bitwise
  • bitstream
  • BitTorrent
  • bitrate
  • bitty
  • gigabit
  • bitline
  • megabit
  • multibit
  • bitmask
  • bitstring
  • bitset
  • terabit
  • bitplane
  • bittock
  • multigigabit
  • bitwidth
  • snakebit
  • bitfield
  • frogbit
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