Where does “chiita” come from?

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

chiita (Spanish): Shi'ite; Shia

Definitions

  1. Shi'ite; Shia

Ancestry of “chiita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-itaSubstituted for "a" at the end of feminine words...
2Spanish-itoForms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of...
3Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
4Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Spanish -itoEvery word from Spanish -ita
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