Where does “pitimini” come from?

pitimini (Cebuano) comes from Spanish pitiminí, from French Petit, from Middle French Petit, from Old French petit, from Gallo-Romance pitittus.

pitimini (Cebuano): a variety of climbing rose

Definitions

  1. a variety of climbing rose

Ancestry of “pitimini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpitiminítiny and cute
2FrenchPetitsmall
3Middle FrenchPetitsmall
4Old Frenchpetitsmall, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of...
5Gallo-Romancepitittus—
Every word from Gallo-Romance pitittus →Every word from Old French petit →Every word from Middle French Petit →