Where does “చిత్తము” come from?
చిత్తము (Telugu) comes from Sanskrit चित्त, from Sanskrit चित्ति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čítˢtiš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéyt-ti-s ~ *kʷit-téy-s, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeyt- — to notice; to read.
చిత్తము (Telugu): mind, intellect
Ancestry of “చిత్తము”, step by step