English
Littles
As a separate surname, from Little + -s (“excrescent noise”).
Formed from Little + -s ‘excrescent noise’
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
English Little
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Littles