Where does “pito” come from?

pito (Haitian Creole) comes from French plutôt, from Middle French plustost, from Middle French plus, from Old French plus, from Latin plūs, from Old Latin plous, from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is-.

pito (Haitian Creole): rather

Definitions

  1. rather

Ancestry of “pito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplutôtearlier, sooner
2Middle Frenchplustostrather
3Middle Frenchplusmore
4Old Frenchplusmore than
5Latinplūsmore; more of
6Old Latinplous—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ploh₁is- →Every word from Old Latin plous →Every word from Latin plūs →