necklet

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *hnakkô

Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō

Old English hnecca

Middle English nekke

English neck

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old French -el

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Old French -eletbor.

Middle English -let

English -let

English necklet

From neck + -let.

necklet (plural necklets)

A necklace.
A type of ornament worn tightly about the neck.
- 1934, P[amela] L[yndon] Travers, “Miss Lark’s Andrew”, in Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins; 1), London: Gerald Howe Ltd […], →OCLC, pages 50–51:
  He was a dog—one of those small, silky, fluffy dogs that look like a fur necklet, until they begin to bark.

necklace — see necklace

type of ornament worn tightly about the neck

“necklet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
necklet, in Compact Oxford English Dictionary.