Where does “apelet” come from?

apelet (English) comes from English ape, from Middle English ape, from Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

apelet (English): A young ape; A small species of ape

Definitions

  1. A young ape; A small species of ape

Ancestry of “apelet”, step by step

apelet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ape

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishapeA primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally...
2Middle EnglishapeAn ape or monkey; a simian creature; A deceiver;...
3Old Englishapamonkey, ape
4Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
5Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
6Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

via English let

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishletTo allow to, not to prevent; To leave; To allow...
2Middle Englishletento let
3Old Englishlǣtanto let; leave; to let go, leave; to allow, let...
4Proto-West Germaniclātanto let, to allow; to leave alone
5Proto-Germaniclētanąto let, to allow; to leave alone
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁d-to be tired
Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō-