petiôt

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pittitus +‎ -ôt.

Adjective

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

1. small, little

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• petiôd (ORB)

Etymology

Diminutive from petit. Compare French petiot.

Adjective

petiôt (feminine petiôta, masculine plural petiôts, feminine plural petiôtes) (ORB, broad)

1. little

   Synonyms: pègno, petit

   Antonym: grant

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^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 623: “mon petit garçon” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pettīttus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 343