English
little name
A pet name one is called when one is little or young.
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Origin
From little + name.
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Lineage
- partEnglishlittle “Small, not large, limited, particularly”
- inheritedMiddle Englishlitel
- inheritedOld Englishlȳtel “little”
- suffixEnglish-le “A frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating repetition or continuousness”
- inheritedMiddle English-len
- inheritedMiddle English-el
- inheritedMiddle Englishlitel
- partEnglishname “Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishname
- inheritedOld Englishnama
- inheritedMiddle Englishnamen
- inheritedOld Englishnamian “to name, mention”
- borrowedSpanishñame
- derivedWolofñàmbi “cassava”
- inheritedMiddle Englishname