Where does “petite” come from?
Petite derives from French petit, from Old French petit, from Latin pitittus, from Latin piccus, from Latin picus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peyk- with the suffix -kos.
petite (English): fairly short and of slim build; of small size;...
Definitions
- fairly short and of slim build; of small size;...
Ancestry of “petite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | petite | feminine singular of petit; little |
| 2 | French | Petit | — |
| 3 | Middle French | Petit | — |
| 4 | Old French | petit | small, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of... |
| 5 | Gallo-Romance | pitittus | — |
Words derived from “petite”