Where does “paleta” come from?
paleta (Czech) comes from French palette, from French pâle, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
paleta (Czech): palette; pallet; an expensive bill
Definitions
- palette; pallet; an expensive bill
Ancestry of “paleta”, step by step
paleta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French palette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | palette | palette |
| 2 | French | pâle | pale |
| 3 | Old French | pale | pale, whitish or having little color |
| 4 | Latin | pallidus | pale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale... |
| 5 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via Italian bolletta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | bolletta | receipt; bill |
| 2 | Italian | bolla | bubble |
| 3 | Latin | bulla | a bubble; a swollen or bubble-shaped object,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “paleta”