Where does “pettyes” come from?

pettyes (Hungarian) comes from English petty, from Middle English peti, from Middle French Petit, from Old French petit, from Gallo-Romance pitittus.

pettyes (Hungarian): spotted, spotty, mottled, dappled

Definitions

  1. spotted, spotty, mottled, dappled

Ancestry of “pettyes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpettyLittle, small, secondary in rank or importance;...
2Middle EnglishpetiAlternative form of pety
3Middle FrenchPetitsmall
4Old Frenchpetitsmall, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of...
5Gallo-Romancepitittus

Words derived from “pettyes

Every word from Gallo-Romance pitittus