Etymograph

English

littly

From little + -ly.

A compound of little + -ly

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

adv In a little or minor way.

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

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