The story
- Old English · derived fromlȳtel“little, small”
- English todayLittleworth
From Old English lȳtel (“little, small”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlȳtel all →
LittletonLittlewoodLittledaleLittle HerefordLittleover
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.