streamlet
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streamlet
- /ˈstɹiːmlət/ UK
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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-?
Proto-Indo-European *srew-der.
Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s
Proto-Germanic *straumaz
Proto-West Germanic *straum
Old English strēam
Middle English strem
English stream
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 streamlet
From stream + -let.
noun streamlets
- A small stream. Then the river Medway, branching it selfe into five streamlets, is joyned with as many stone Bridges […]