Etymology

piteous

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Today it means: Provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy. Full definition →

Middle English pitous ← Old French piteus
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The story

  1. Old French · derived frompiteus
  2. Middle English · inherited frompitous
  3. English todaypiteous

From Middle English pitous, from Old French piteus, pitus.

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