Where does “pitit gason” come from?
pitit gason (Haitian Creole) comes from Haitian Creole gason, from French garçon, from Old French garçon, from Old French gars, from Medieval Latin garcio, from Latin warciō, from Frankish wrakkjō, from Proto-Germanic wrakjô — to work, act.
pitit gason (Haitian Creole): son
Definitions
- son
Ancestry of “pitit gason”, step by step
pitit gason traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Haitian Creole gason
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitian Creole | gason | son |
| 2 | French | garçon | boy; young man; man; Generic name of a male... |
| 3 | Old French | garçon | manservant |
| 4 | Old French | gars | nominative singular of garçon; nominative... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | garcio | mercenary, servant, boy; mercenary, assassin;... |
| 6 | Latin | warciō | — |
| 7 | Frankish | wrakkjō | servant, boy; mercenary, servant; mercenary;... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wrakjô | an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wreǵ- | to work, act |