"small," 1898, baby-talk, from bit (n.1) + -y (2). Earlier "made up of little bits," 1873.
bittern
bitterness
bitters
bittersweet
BitTorrent
bitty
bitumen
bituminous
bivalence
bivalent
bivalve
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