The story
- Latin · derived frompietās“piety”
- Medieval Latin · derived from*pietāntia
- Old French · derived frompitance
- Middle English · inherited frompitaunce
- English todaypittance
From Middle English pitaunce, from Old French pitance, pitence, from Medieval Latin *pietāntia, from Latin pietās (“piety”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpietās all →
pitypiety
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.