putsãn

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ptsãn, putsãnu, putsen

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *putinus (attested in Medieval Latin pusinnu, pittinus (“small”)), a blend of Late Latin pitinnus (“very small”) and the root of Classical Latin putus (“young boy”), putillus (“very small”). Compare Romanian puțin, Megleno-Romanian puțǫn; further Albanian picërr, Old Logudorese pithinnu, Tarantino piččinnu.

An alternative, perhaps less likely, theory derives it from a Vulgar Latin root *paucinus, from Latin paucus (“few, little”).

Adjective

putsãn m (feminine putsãnã, masculine plural putsãnj, feminine plural putsãni or putsãne)

1. a little, little, few
2. small (in amount)

Adverb

putsãn

1. a little, few

Antonyms

• multu