Etimologia e Storia di itsy-bitsy

"charmingly small," 1882, da itty (forma infantile di little) e/o bitsy. Bitsy-itsy è attestato dal 1875. Itty-bitty dal 1849; tiddy-itty dal 1852.

The fond old captain used to talk of her very much as if she were six months old, and fractions in teething, calling her his Peetums-keetums, his Pitsy-itsy-kitsy and such like, which annoyed the girl, .... ["M.B.," "John's Wife," in "Tales of the Day," 1861]

Il caro vecchio capitano parlava di lei come se avesse sei mesi, e fosse in fase di dentizione, chiamandola Peetums-keetums, Pitsy-itsy-kitsy e simili, il che infastidiva la ragazza, .... ["M.B.," "John's Wife," in "Tales of the Day," 1861]