Where does “petties” come from?
petties (English) comes from English pettie, from English PET, from English petition, from Old French peticiun, from Latin petitio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
petties (English): Petty or miscellaneous expenses
Definitions
- Petty or miscellaneous expenses
Ancestry of “petties”, step by step
petties traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English pettie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pettie | — |
| 2 | English | PET | Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate; Acronym... |
| 3 | English | petition | A formal, written request made to an official... |
| 4 | Old French | peticiun | request; demand |
| 5 | Latin | petitio | an attack, thrust, blow; a request, petition,... |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English petty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | petty | Little, small, secondary in rank or importance;... |
| 2 | Middle English | peti | Alternative form of pety |
| 3 | Middle French | Petit | small |
| 4 | Old French | petit | small, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of... |
| 5 | Gallo-Romance | pitittus | — |
via English S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |