Where does “piesuță” come from?

piesuță (Romanian) comes from Romanian piesă, from French pièce, from Middle French piece, from Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin pettia, from Latin pettia, from Gaulish pettyā, from Proto-Celtic kʷezdis — piece, portion.

piesuță (Romanian): small piece

Definitions

  1. small piece

Ancestry of “piesuță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpiesăpiece; play
2Frenchpièceroom; piece; coin
3Middle Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; moment
4Old Frenchpiecepiece, bit, part; circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes
5Vulgar Latinpettiapiece, portion
6Latinpettiapiece, portion
7Gaulishpettyā
8Proto-Celtickʷezdispiece, portion
Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷezdisEvery word from Gaulish pettyāEvery word from Latin pettia
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