pettia

Latin

Alternative forms

petia, pecia
petium, pecium n

Etymology

First attested in the Lex Salica. Of uncertain origin. Possibly ultimately borrowed from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (“piece, portion”). Compare also Old English buttuc (“end piece; portion of land”), bytt (“piece of land”). Compare also Old High German piz, biz (“bit, morsel, chunk”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt.ti.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt.ti.a]

Noun

pettia f (genitive pettiae); first declension

(Late Latin) fragment
(Late Latin) piece of land

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pettia	pettiae
genitive	pettiae	pettiārum
dative	pettiae	pettiīs
accusative	pettiam	pettiās
ablative	pettiā	pettiīs
vocative	pettia	pettiae

Descendants

Gallo-Italic
- Lombard: pezz
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italian: pezzo, pezza
- Sicilian: pezzu, pezza
Occitano-Romance
- Old Catalan: peça, pessa, pesa
  - Catalan: peça
Old French: piece, pece
- Middle French: piece
  - French: pièce (see there for further descendants)
  - Norman: pièche (Jersey)
- Walloon: pîce
- → Middle English: pece
  - English: piece, peece (obsolete)
    - Belizean Creole: pees
    - Sranan Tongo: pisi
    - → Finnish: biisi
    - → Irish: píosa
    - → Japanese: ピース (pīsu)
    - → Scottish Gaelic: pìos
  - Yola: peece
  - → Middle Irish: pissa
    - Irish: píosa
  - → Scottish Gaelic: pìos
West Iberian
- Old Leonese: pieça
  - Asturian: pieza
- Old Galician-Portuguese: peça
  - Galician: peza
  - Portuguese: peça
- Old Spanish: pieça
  - Spanish: pieza
→ Albanian: pjesë
→ Maltese: biċċa