English
likkle
Likkle comes from Jamaican Creole likkle ‘little, small’, and goes back to English little.
- English1500–presentlittle
- Jamaican Creolemodernlikkle‘little, small’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentlittle
- Jamaican Creolemodernlikkle‘little, small’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007same form
Earliest quotation: 2007, Amy Winehouse, You Know I'm No Good: “I'm in the tub, you on the seat /…”
Every English word from English little
Today it means
adj Little.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English little / likkle