Where does “tita” come from?
tita (Tagalog) comes from Spanish tita, from Spanish tía, from Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek Θεία, from Ancient Greek θεῖος, from Ancient Greek Θεός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
tita (Tagalog): aunt; sister
Ancestry of “tita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | tita | theta; the Greek letter Θ, θ; Grandma |
| 2 | Spanish | tía | female equivalent of tío; aunt; the sister of... |
| 3 | Late Latin | thia | aunt |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Θεία | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | θεῖος | Of or from the gods or God, divine; Belonging or... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Θεός | God |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |