Where does “kita” come from?

kita (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita, from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita — we, us, our.

kita (Tagalog): Second-person form, used when speaking directly...

Definitions

  1. Second-person form, used when speaking directly...

Ancestry of “kita”, step by step

kita traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(i-)kitawe, us, our
2Proto-Austronesian(i-)kitawe, us, our

via Proto-Philippine *kitaʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*kitaʔ—

via Spanish quitación

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquitación—

Words derived from “kita”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (i-)kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (i-)kita →
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