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Rivulet

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riv⋅u⋅let

  [riv-yuh-lit]
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–noun
a small stream; streamlet; brook.
Origin:
1580–90; earlier rivolet < It rivoletto, dim. of rivolo < L rīvulus small stream
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riv·u·let   (rĭv'yə-lĭt)   
n.  A small brook or stream; a streamlet.

[Possibly from Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, small stream, from Latin rīvulus, diminutive of rīvus, stream; see rei- in Indo-European roots.]
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rivulet 
1587, from It. rivoletto, dim. of rivolo, itself a dim., from L. rivus "stream, brook," from *reiwos, lit. "that which flows," from PIE base *rei- "to flow" (cf. Skt. rinati "causes to flow," ritih "stream, course;" O.C.S. reka "river;" M.Ir. rian "river, way;" Goth. rinnan "run, flow," rinno "brook;" M.L.G. ride "brook;" O.E. riþ "stream").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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