Brooklet

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brooklet¹

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English brook

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old French -el

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Old French -eletbor.

Middle English -let

English -let

English brooklet

From brook + -let.

noun brooklets

  1. A little brook. Vast forests have disappeared from mountain spurs and ridges;[…] rivers famous in history and song have shrunk to humble brooklets; […]

Brooklet²

proper noun

  1. A locality in the Ballina council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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