Where does “petit” come from?

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

petit (Middle English): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “petit”, step by step

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

Words derived from “petit”

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