† popelotn.

Etymology: Either < Middle French popelin baby, tot (c1225 in Old French; French poupelin ; < an unattested post-classical Latin *puppa (see poppet n.) + Old French -elin < -el -el suffix² + -in -ine suffix⁴), with suffix substitution (see -ot suffix), or directly < Middle French poupelot baby (although this is first attested much later: 1564 as pepelot ; French †poupelot ; alteration (with suffix substitution: compare -ot -ot suffix) of poupelin ). In later use probably < French †poupelot. Compare later poplet n.