Etymology

islet

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Today it means: A small island. Full definition →

Middle French islette ← Middle English eyt
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromholm
  2. Middle English · inherited fromeyt
  3. Middle French · derived fromislette
  4. English todayislet

From Middle French islette. By surface analysis, is(le) + -let. Mostly displaced native Middle English eyt, eit and Middle English holm, holme (See eyot and holm for more).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englisheyt all →

aiteyot

Middle Englishholm all →

holmholme

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.