petiôt

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pittitus +‎ -ôt.

Adjective

petiôt (feminine petiôte, masculine plural petiôts, feminine plural petiôtes, comparative moinre, superlative moinre)

small, little

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

petiôd (ORB)

Etymology

Diminutive from petit. Compare French petiot.

Adjective

petiôt m (feminine singular petiôta, masculine plural petiôts, feminine plural petiôtes) (ORB)

little
Synonyms: petit, pègno

References

petit in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
petiôt in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 623: “mon petit garçon” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pettīttus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 343

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