Where does “minipalette” come from?

minipalette (English) comes from English palette, from French palette, from French pâle, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

minipalette (English): A small palette

Definitions

  1. A small palette

Ancestry of “minipalette”, step by step

minipalette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English palette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaletteA thin board on which a painter lays and mixes...
2Frenchpalettepalette
3Frenchpâlepale
4Old Frenchpalepale, whitish or having little color
5Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
6Latin-idustending to
7Proto-Italic*-iðos

via English Mini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMiniA model of compact car, originally built by BMC...
2Italianminiminiskirt; second-person singular present...
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðosEvery word from Latin -idusEvery word from Latin pallidus
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