pety
Middle English
/ˈpɛtiː/
adjective
Definitions
- (Late ME) diminutive, tiny, little
- (Late ME) petty, insignificant, unimportant
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French petit derived from Old French petit derived from Latin pittitus.
Origin
Latin
pittitus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- petticoat English
- pettily English
- pettiness English
- pettitoes English
- petty English
- pettywhin English
- unpetty English
- *pitittus Latin
- *pittus, pittitus Latin
- pittitus Latin
- petit French
- tiot French
- *bew- Proto-Indo-European
- petit Middle English
- peti Old French
- petit Old French
- p'tit Norman
- petit Middle French
- ptit Walloon
- petiôt Franco-Provençal
- p'tit Picard