pitance
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French pitance, pitence, from Medieval Latin *pietāntia, from Latin pietās (“piety”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpitance f (plural pitances)
Descendants
edit- → Spanish: pitanza
Further reading
edit- “pitance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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