Where does “p’tit” come from?

p’tit (Picard) comes from Old French petit, from Gallo-Romance pitittus.

p’tit (Picard): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “p’tit”, step by step

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