pettia

Latin

Alternative forms

petia

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷesdis (“piece, portion”).

Noun

pettia f (genitive pettiae); first declension

(Late Latin) piece, portion

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pettia	pettiae
Genitive	pettiae	pettiārum
Dative	pettiae	pettiīs
Accusative	pettiam	pettiās
Ablative	pettiā	pettiīs
Vocative	pettia	pettiae

Descendants

Old French: piece, pece
- Middle French: piece
  - French: pièce
- Norman: pièche (Jersey)
- → Middle English: pece
  - English: piece
  - → Scottish Gaelic: pìos
  - → Irish: píosa
Italian: pezzo
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: pèça
- Old Catalan: peça, pessa, pesa
  - Catalan: peça
Old Portuguese: peça
- Galician: peza
- Portuguese: peça
Spanish: pieza
→ Albanian: pjesë

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