English

Littlemill

From little + mill.

Formed from little + mill

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

Latin molō ‘to grind’

Late Latin molīna ‘mill’

Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu ‘mill’

Old English mylen

Middle English mylne ‘mill’

English mill

Today it means

name A hamlet in East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4515).

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

Etymograph / Littlemill