Booklet
/ˈbʊk.lət/noun
A small book or a thin pamphlet.
Did you know?The ending -let comes from French and ultimately from a diminutive suffix used to shrink nouns, so booklet is a real linguistic miniaturization spell: book made small.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
bōc
“book; written document”
Middle English
ME
book
“book, volume, written work”
Middle French
OF
-elet / -let
“diminutive suffix meaning little”
14th Century
English
booklet
“a little book; a small volume”
Modern English
English
booklet
“a small book or pamphlet”