Where does “-ita” come from?

-ita (Spanish) comes from Spanish -ito, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

-ita (Spanish): Substituted for "a" at the end of feminine words...

Definitions

  1. Substituted for "a" at the end of feminine words...

Ancestry of “-ita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-itoForms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of...
2Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
3Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-ita

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós