The story
- Old English · derived fromlȳtel“small, little”
- English todayLittleton
From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), equivalent to little + -ton. Doublet of Lyttelton.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlȳtel all →
LittlewoodLittledaleLittle HerefordLittleoverLittleworth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.