isle

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 215 words | Copyright

isle (arch. exc. as in place names) island. XIII. ME. ile, later isle — OF. ile (mod. île), (latinized) †isle :- L. insula, of uncert. orig.
So islet XVI. — OF. islette (mod. īlette).

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