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Where does “sitelet” come from?

sitelet (English) comes from English site, from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

sitelet (English): A small website

Definitions

  1. A small website

Ancestry of “sitelet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsiteSorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;...
2Middle Englishsite—
3Anglo-Normansitesite; location
4Latinsituspermitted, allowed, suffered, having been...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →