Etymology

laddie

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Today it means: A small boy. Full definition →

English lad ← Middle English ladde
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The story

  1. Middle Englishladde
  2. Englishlad
  3. English todayladdie

From lad + -ie.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.