hamelet

Old French

Alternative forms

hamlet

Etymology

Diminutive form of hamel, from ham (“village”), borrowed from Frankish *haim (“home, village”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

Noun

hamelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural hamelez or hameletz, nominative singular hamelez or hameletz, nominative plural hamelet)

hamlet (small settlement)

Descendants

Middle French: hamelet
→ Middle English: hamelet, hamlet
- English: hamlet
- Early Scots: hamillet, hamlet, hamelat, hamelet

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