Where does “tipti” come from?

tipti (Mauritian Creole) comes from French Petit, from Middle French Petit, from Old French petit, from Gallo-Romance pitittus.

tipti (Mauritian Creole): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “tipti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPetitsmall
2Middle FrenchPetitsmall
3Old Frenchpetitsmall, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of...
4Gallo-Romancepitittus—
Every word from Gallo-Romance pitittus →Every word from Old French petit →Every word from Middle French Petit →