"petit" meaning in Old French

See petit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Vulgar Latin pittitus (compare Latin pitinnus, pitulus), which according to Watkins is of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:inh|la-vul:*pittus}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "break", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" }, { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-kos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Celtic", "term" : "*biggos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "cel-pro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "influ.", "keyword_label" : "Influenced by", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "paucus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "influence" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*pittus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "petit", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" }" data-lang="fro" data-title="petit">, {{inh|fro|la-vul|*pittus|pittitus}} Vulgar Latin pittitus, {{cog|la|pitinnus}} Latin pitinnus, {{onomatopoeic|fro|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{head|fro|adjective|feminine|petite|||||||g=m|head=|var=}} petit m (feminine petite), {{fro-adj}} petit m (feminine petite) Forms: petite [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], petiz [masculine, singular, subjective], petite [feminine, singular, subjective], petit [neuter, singular, subjective], petit [masculine, oblique, singular], petite [feminine, oblique, singular], petit [neuter, oblique, singular], petite [oblique, singular], petit [oblique, singular], petit [masculine, plural, subjective], petites [feminine, plural, subjective], petit [neuter, plural, subjective], petit [plural, subjective], petiz [masculine, oblique, plural], petites [feminine, oblique, plural], petit [neuter, oblique, plural], petites [oblique, plural], petit [oblique, plural], peti [alternative], pitet [alternative], פטיט [alternative]
  1. small, little Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-petit-fro-adj-~OPJa5AZ Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Old French links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33
  2. worthless; valueless Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-petit-fro-adj-zfE6Tm-w Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Old French links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33
  3. poor; of poor quality Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-petit-fro-adj-jUeDyMxS Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Old French links with redundant alt parameters: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Old French entries with etymon, Old French links with redundant wikilinks, Old French onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Old French entries with etymon: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Old French links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Old French onomatopoeias: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.