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isle

  [ahyl] noun, verb, isled, isl⋅ing.
–noun
1. a small island.
2. any island.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make into or as if into an isle.
4. to place on or as if on an isle.
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Origin:
1250–1300; ME i(s)le < OF < L īnsula

Related forms:
isleless, adjective
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isle   (īl)   
n.   Abbr. I.
An island, especially a small one.

[Middle English ile, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

isle 
c.1290, from O.Fr. ile, earlier isle, from L. insula "island," of uncertain origin, perhaps from fem. of adj. *en-salos "in the sea," from salum "sea." The -s- was restored first in M.Fr., then in Eng. in the late 1500s. Dim. form islet is first recorded 1538, from M.Fr. islette.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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