Where does “Petit” come from?

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

Petit (Middle French): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “Petit”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Petit”

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