slightly, a little, a bit, somewhat (of a span of time, or an amount or degree) · used to preface and soften a negative expression · an indirect expression of refusal: well, umm
köken: From ちっと (chitto), itself a geminated emphatic form of ちと (chito), originally composed of ち (chi, “small”, not used in isolation; cognate with the chi in 小さい chīsai) + と (to, adverbial particle). First attested in 1477.
little, not much (to a small degree) · little, not many (at a small frequency; not often; in small numbers) · no; not only (used to introduce a new, more apt characteristic ascribed to something)
eş: nieco, trochę, niewiele, odrobinę, tyle, co kot napłakał, tyle co nic
zıt: dużo
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *mṓˀlas Proto-Slavic *màlъ Old Polish mały Proto-Slavic *-o Old Polish -o Old Polish mało Polish mało Inherited from Old Polish mało. By surface analysis, mały + -o. Compare Kashubian mało and Slovincian malô.
aile: jakich mało, o mało, o mało co, małodobry, bez mała, co najmniej, jakby tego było mało, mało brakowało, mało co nie, mało nie
köken: Uncertain, as with a number of similar words across the Romance languages. Probably from Vulgar Latin *putīnus, a blend/alteration of Latin pisinnus, pittinnus and putillus, pusillus, all meaning “a teeny boy”. Compare Aromanian putsãn; further Albanian picërr, Italian piccino and piccolo, French petit and Occitan pitchoun, Old Logudorese pithinnu, Tarantino piččinnu. An alternative, perhaps less…
aile: cel puțin, împuțina, mai puțin, puțina, puținătate, puțintel