dottle · noun, verb1
- Old English · derived fromdott
- Middle English · inherited fromdottel
- English todaydottle
From Middle English dottel, dottelle (“a plug or tap of a vessel”), a diminutive of Old English dott (> English dot (“a point”)), equivalent to dot + -le. Related to Old English dyttan (“to stop up, clot”), Dutch dot (“a knot, lump, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”). More at dit.
dottle · adjective, noun2
Words from the same roots
Old Englishdott all →
dot
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.