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

  1. fairly short and of slim build; of small size;...

Ancestry of “petite”, step by step

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

Words derived from “petite”

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