Where does “mitaille” come from?

mitaille (Old French) comes from Old French mite — cat; small coin.

mitaille (Old French): small coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then...

Definitions

  1. small coins; hence scrap iron, old iron; then...

Ancestry of “mitaille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmitecat; small coin

Words derived from “mitaille

Every word from Old French mite