Where does “petit” come from?

petit (Latin) comes from Latin peto, from Proto-Indo-European péth₂eti, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

petit (Latin): third-person singular present active indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present active indicative...

Ancestry of “petit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpetoI ask, beg, request; I make for; I seek, aim at,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpéth₂etito fly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European péth₂eti →Every word from Latin peto →