Where does “puțintel” come from?

puțintel (Romanian) comes from Romanian puțin, from Vulgar Latin putinus, from Late Latin pitinnus — very small.

puțintel (Romanian): very small, little in quantity

Definitions

  1. very small, little in quantity

Ancestry of “puțintel”, step by step

puțintel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian puțin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpuțina little
2Vulgar Latinputinus—
3Late Latinpitinnusvery small

via Romanian (miti)tel]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian(miti)tel]]—

via Romanian [[mititel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian[[mititel—

Words derived from “puțintel”

Every word from Late Latin pitinnus →Every word from Vulgar Latin putinus →Every word from Romanian puțin →