chétif
French
adj
Definitions
- puny, scrawny
- meagre, paltry
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chaitif (wretch) inherited from Latin *cactivus, captīvus (captive, prisoner) derived from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos.
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kaxtos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caitiff English
- chétif English
- *cactivus Latin
- captivitas Latin
- captivo Latin
- captīvus Latin
- concaptivus Latin
- cattivamente Italian
- cattiveria Italian
- cattivissimo Italian
- cattivo Italian
- incattivire Italian
- captif French
- chétivement French
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂ptós Proto-Indo-European
- caitif Middle English
- captif Middle English
- cacht Irish
- caitif Old French
- chaitif Old French
- chaitivel Old French
- captiu Catalan, Valencian
- caeth Welsh
- cacht Old Irish
- cativo Old Portuguese
- *kaxtos Proto-Celtic
- cjâtif Friulian
- chaitiu Old Occitan
- caitif xno
- *kaɨθ Proto-Brythonic
- kaeth Old Welsh
- caxtos xtg