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Where does “kita” come from?

kita (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Austronesian kita — to see; to look; to watch.

kita (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian): to see; to look; to watch

Definitions

  1. to see; to look; to watch

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesiankitato see; to look; to watch

Words derived from “kita”

  • kite
  • kita
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