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)

1. hamlet (small settlement)

Descendants

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