Where does “petitó” come from?

petitó (Catalan) comes from Catalan o, from Latin aut, from Proto-Italic *auti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

Ancestry of “petitó”, step by step

petitó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanoThe Latin letter O; or
2Latinautor
3Proto-Italic*autieither, or
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewtion the other hand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Catalan petit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpetitsmall, little
2Vulgar Latinpittussmall, little
3Latinpiccussharp point, peak; spike, pike
4Proto-Celticbikkossmall, little
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰég-ko-s—
6Proto-Indo-European-kosCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewti →