Where does “Petit” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Petit”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Petit”

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