Words that come from Old French “petit”

79 words across 22 languages descend from Old French petit — including pet, petty, Petit, petite, petit, petticoat, pettiness, pettifogger.

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English (34)

French (12)

Haitian Creole (5)

Middle English (3)

Hungarian (3)

Middle French (2)

Japanese (2)

Norman (2)

Picard (2)

German (2)

Faroese (1)

Old French (1)

Portuguese (1)

Walloon (1)

Spanish (1)

Swazi (1)

Finnish (1)

Tagalog (1)

Louisiana Creole (1)

Cebuano (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Gujarati (1)