Where does “paillete” come from?

paillete (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French paille, from Latin palea, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

paillete (Anglo-Norman): bundle of straw; chaff

Definitions

  1. bundle of straw; chaff

Ancestry of “paillete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpaillestraw, chaff
2Latinpaleachaff; The wattles or gills of a cock; dross
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “paillete”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Latin palea →Every word from Old French paille →