pitance
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
pitancein Old French pitance, pietance (see pity and piety regarding /piet/ → /pit/), attested in medieval Latin under the form pietantia, for the Old French, it is properly the derivative of pitier, piteer, pitoyer ("to have pity, to feel pity"), Latin pietare. The meaning of "portion of food" comes from the fact that the distributions of food were often then ensured by pious foundations.
Definitions
Plural
pitances
Translations
english:pittance
spanish:pitanza
See also
pitancier (cn.)