Etymograph

English

rillet

Rillet comes from English rill ‘brook, rivulet, small stream’.

  1. English1500–presentrill1‘brook, rivulet, small stream’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1830rillet1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English rillet
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1830, Alfred Tennyson, Recollections of the Arabian Nights: “From the green rivage many a fall / Of…”.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentrillWiktionary, English rillet‘brook, rivulet, small stream’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1830rilletWiktionary, English rillet. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1830, Alfred Tennyson, Recollections of the Arabian Nights: “From the green rivage many a fall / Of…”

Every English word from English rill

Today it means

noun A little rill.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rillet”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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