hamelet

== Old French == === Alternative forms === hamlet === Etymology === Diminutive form of hamel, from ham (“village”), borrowed from Frankish *haim (“home, village”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. === Noun === hamelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural hamelez or hameletz, nominative singular hamelez or hameletz, nominative plural hamelet) hamlet (small settlement) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: hamelet → Middle English: hamelet, hamlet Early Scots: hamillet, hamlet, hamelat, hamelet English: hamlet