English
pusil
Pusil comes from Latin pusillus ‘very little’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *put-lo- ‘son’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*put-lo-‘son’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*put-sle-losreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpusillus‘very little’
- Englishearliest quotation 1605pusil
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*put-lo-‘son’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*put-sle-losreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpusillus‘very little’
- Englishearliest quotation 1605pusil
Earliest quotation: 1605, Francis Bacon, (please specify |book=1 or 2): “a pusil and a thin soft air”.
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *put-lo-
Today it means
adj Very small; little; petty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *put-lo- / pusil