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a diminutive suffix attached to nouns (booklet; piglet; ringlet), and, by extraction from bracelet, a suffix denoting a band, piece of jewelry, or article of clothing worn on the part of the body specified by the noun (anklet; wristlet).
Origin:
ME -let, -lette < MF -elet, equiv. to -el (< L -āle, neut. of -ālis -al 1 (cf. bracelet ) or < L -ellus dim. suffix; cf. -elle, chaplet ) + -et -et
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-let  
suff.  

  1. Small one: craterlet.

  2. Something worn on: armlet.


[Middle English, from Old French -elet, diminutive suff. : -el (from Latin -ellus) + -et, -et.]
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