petit
English
/ˈpɛti/, /ˈpɛdi/
adj
Definitions
- (now) Petite: small, little.
- Petty, in its various senses:
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English petit borrowed from Old French petit derived from Latin *pitittus, *pit- derived from Proto-Celtic *pett- (part, piece, bit).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*pett-
Gloss
part, piece, bit
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *pit- Latin
- *pitittus Latin
- *pittus, pittitus Latin
- *putinus Latin
- pitinnus Latin
- pittitus Latin
- putus Latin
- petit French
- tiot French
- petit Middle English
- petit Old French
- p'tit Norman
- petit Middle French
- *kʷezdis Proto-Celtic
- *pett- Proto-Celtic
- pichon Occitan
- pintg Romansh
- pitschen Romansh
- ptit Walloon
- p'tit Picard