Unknown. Possibly linked to Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion) (cf. Latin pittacium (“label; patch”)), or from a Vulgar Latin root *piticus. Compare Aromanian peaticã (“rag, scrap, patch”), peatic/peaticu, Calabrian pettica ("leather band, strip"); cf. also Spanish pedazo (“piece”).
petic n (plural petice)
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | petic | peticul | petice | peticele | |
genitive-dative | petic | peticului | petice | peticelor | |
vocative | peticule | peticelor |