Where does “lilliput” come from?

lilliput (English) comes from English Lilliput — An imaginary island populated by tiny people, in the book Gulliver's Travels.

lilliput (English): Any of various small freshwater mussels of the...

Definitions

  1. Any of various small freshwater mussels of the...

Ancestry of “lilliput”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLilliputAn imaginary island populated by tiny people, in the book Gulliver's Travels

Words derived from “lilliput

Every word from English Lilliput