Where does “ti” come from?
ti (Haitian Creole) comes from French Petit, from Middle French Petit, from Old French petit, from Gallo-Romance pitittus.
ti (Haitian Creole): little
Ancestry of “ti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Petit | — |
| 2 | Middle French | Petit | — |
| 3 | Old French | petit | small, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of... |
| 4 | Gallo-Romance | pitittus | — |