hamelet

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive form of hamel, from ham (“village”), borrowed from Frankish *haim (“home, village”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Noun

hamelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural hamelez or hameletz, nominative singular hamelez or hameletz, nominative plural hamelet)

  1. hamlet (small settlement)

Descendants

  • Middle French: hamelet
  • → Middle English: hamelet, hamlet
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