petit.
Petite: small, little.
Meaning & usage
Petite: small, little.
Petty, in its various senses: Few in number.
Petty, in its various senses: Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced.
Petty, in its various senses: Small, minor.
Petty, in its various senses: Secondary; lower in rank.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Late Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett- (“part, bit, piece”) (see Latin pettia), or of imitative origin. Compare also Latin pitinnus (“small”), pitulus, Italian pezza. Doublet of petty.
A little schoolboy.
A kind of pigeon.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Late Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett- (“part, bit, piece”) (see Latin pettia), or of imitative origin. Compare also Latin pitinnus (“small”), pitulus, Italian pezza. Doublet of petty.
Synonym of brevier.
Where this word comes from
From French petit (“brevier”) directly or via German Petit (“brevier”).
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