Where does “tifi” come from?

tifi (Haitian Creole) comes from Haitian Creole fi, from French fille, from Middle French fille, from Old French fille, from Latin fīlia, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os — to suckle, nurse.

tifi (Haitian Creole): girl

Definitions

  1. girl

Ancestry of “tifi”, step by step

tifi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Haitian Creole fi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creolefigirl; daughter
2Frenchfillegirl; daughter; prostitute, wench
3Middle Frenchfilledaughter; girl
4Old Frenchfilledaughter; girl
5Latinfīliadaughter
6Latinfīliusa son
7Old Latinfīlios
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via Haitian Creole ti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Haitian Creoletilittle
2FrenchPetitsmall
3Middle FrenchPetitsmall
4Old Frenchpetitsmall, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of...
5Gallo-Romancepitittus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-