Where does “peti” come from?

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

peti (Middle English): Alternative form of pety

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of pety

Ancestry of “peti”, step by step

peti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French Petit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchPetitsmall
2Old Frenchpetitsmall, little; worthless; valueless; poor; of...
3Gallo-Romancepitittus—

via Old French peti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpeti—

Words derived from “peti”

Every word from Gallo-Romance pitittus →Every word from Old French petit →Every word from Middle French Petit →