English

Little Camanoe

Little Camanoe comes from English caiman ‘species of alligatorid’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words Little + Camanoe

Proto-Indo-European *lewd- ‘to bend’

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Proto-West Germanic *lūtan ‘to bow down’

Proto-West Germanic *lūtil

Old English lȳtel ‘small’

Middle English litel

The element little was added to distinguish the island from Great Camanoe.

Every English word from English caiman

name An island of the British Virgin Islands.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.