Where does “zit” come from?

zit (Yola) comes from Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan — to sit.

zit (Yola): to sit

Definitions

  1. to sit

Ancestry of “zit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsittento sit
2Old Englishsittanto sit
3Proto-West Germanic*sittjanto sit
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
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