English
slitlet
From slit + -let.
Formed from slit + -let
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- ‘to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart’
Proto-Germanic *slītaną ‘to tear apart’
Old English slītan ‘to tear, rend’
Middle English slitten
English slit
Today it means
noun A small slit.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “slitlet”. 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.
Etymograph / slitlet