The story
- Latin · derived frompēs“foot”
- Late Latin · derived frompetiolus“little foot”
- French · borrowed frompétiole
- English todaypetiole
Borrowed from French pétiole, and its source, Late Latin petiolus (“little foot”), diminutive form of Latin pēs (“foot”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpēs all →
pespedicurepedetentouspedo-pedopathysuppedaneous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.