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Where does “-bit” come from?

-bit (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -bit, from Proto-Austronesian -bit.

Ancestry of “-bit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-bit—
2Proto-Austronesian-bit—

Words derived from “-bit”

  • cubit
  • چوبيت
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -bit →