pitance
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French pitance, pitence, from Medieval Latin *pietāntia, from Latin pietās (“piety”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pitance 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.