litel
Ladin
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lutil, lytel
Etymology
From Old English lytel, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz.
Adjective
litel
- little (small; not large)
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
- He koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce.
- He could find contentment in little things
- He koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce.
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
Descendants
- English: little
- Scots: lytil; litil
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