Where does “Petit” come from?

Petit (French) comes from Middle French Petit, from Old French petit, from Gallo-Romance pitittus.

Petit (French): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “Petit”, step by step

Petit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French Petit

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

via Occitan Petit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1OccitanPetitsmall

Words derived from “Petit”

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