petit

Meanings

Adjective

Petite: small, little.
Petty, in its various senses:

Noun

A little schoolboy.
A kind of pigeon.
Synonym of brevier.

Origin

From Middle English petit, from Old French petit, from Latin *pitittus, diminutive of Latin *pit-, possibly from Proto-Celtic *pett-. Compare also Latin pitinnus, pitulus. petty.
From French petit directly or via German Petit.

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