Where does “piti” come from?

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

piti (Haitian Creole): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “piti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPetitsmall
2Middle FrenchPetitsmall
3Old Frenchpetitsmall, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of...
4Gallo-Romancepitittus—
Every word from Gallo-Romance pitittus →Every word from Old French petit →Every word from Middle French Petit →