hamlet

Etymology

From Middle English hamlet, hamelet, a borrowing from Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel, in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haim, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (whence English home). Equivalent to Middle English ham (“home, village”) + -let (“small”).

noun

  1. A small village or a group of houses.
  2. (Britain) A village that does not have its own church.
  3. Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

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