puțin

Etymology
, as with a number of similar words across the Romance languages. Probably from, a blend/alteration of , and , , all meaning “a teeny boy”. Compare 🇨🇬; further 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and , 🇨🇬 and (from Nissart Occitan), Old Logudorese, Tarantino piččinnu.

An alternative, perhaps less likely, theory derives it from a Vulgar Latin root, from Latin. Cf. Italian.

Adjective

 * 1) a little, few, little
 * 2) some
 * 3) small (in quantity), little, reduced, meager

Adverb

 * 1) a little, few, a small amount