English
littlefur
From little (“one who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state”) + fur (“a furry”).
A compound of little ‘one who has mentally age regressed to a…’ + fur ‘a furry’
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
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
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Proto-West Germanic *fōdr
Frankish *fōdar
Anglo-Norman forre ‘case’
Middle English furre
English fur
Today it means
noun A member of the furry subculture who is a little.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / littlefur