pusillus

Etymology
→ *pussillos followed by degemination via the so-called "mamilla rule", from, historically standing in relation to as a diminutive. Latin cognates include, , , possibly 🇨🇬. Further cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. For the correspondence ::  compare  ::,  ::.

Compare, ; see also , a ghost word. A connection of the stem *put- with is difficult to establish.

Adjective

 * 1) very little, very small, tiny
 * 2)  puny, petty, insignificant