Where does “Petit” come from?

Petit comes from French petit, derived from Occitan petit, ultimately meaning small or little.

Petit (English): Petite: small, little

Definitions

  1. Petite: small, little

Ancestry of “Petit”, step by step

Petit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Petit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPetit—
2FrenchPetitsmall
3Middle FrenchPetitsmall
4Old Frenchpetitsmall, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of...
5Gallo-Romancepitittus—

via Middle English petit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpetitsmall

Words derived from “Petit”

Every word from Gallo-Romance pitittus →Every word from Old French petit →Every word from Middle French Petit →