a diminutive suffix attached to nouns ( booklet; piglet; ringlet ), and, by extraction from bracelet , a suffix denoting a band, piece of jewelry, or article of clothing worn on the part of the body specified by the noun ( anklet; wristlet ).
[ ME -let, -lette -elet, equiv. to -el ( -ale, neut. of -alis -AL 1 (cf. BRACELET) or -ellus dim. suffix; cf. -ELLE, CHAPLET) + -et -ET ]