Where does “Palenque” come from?

Palenque comes from Spanish palenque, a fortified settlement or stockade, ultimately derived from Latin palus meaning stake or palisade.

Palenque (English): Any of several towns in Latin America; most famously, a Maya site in Chiapas, Mexico

Definitions

  1. Any of several towns in Latin America; most famously, a Maya site in Chiapas, Mexico

Ancestry of “Palenque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpalenquepalisade; pit
2Catalanpalenc—
3Catalanpalstake; pole; pale
4Old Occitanpalstake
5Latinpalusswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool; stake,...
6Proto-Italicpākslos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-slos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →