Etymology

Smalley

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4044). Full definition →

Old English smæl
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromsmæl“narrow”
  2. English todaySmalley

From Old English smæl (“narrow”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsmæl all →

smallSmalldon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.