Where does “paillette” come from?

paillette (English) comes from French paillette, from French -ette, from Latin -itta, from Hungarian iszik, from Proto-Uralic jëxe- — to drink; to flow?.

paillette (English): A sequin or spangle

Definitions

  1. A sequin or spangle

Ancestry of “paillette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpaillettesequin
2French-ettefemale equivalent of -et
3Latin-itta—
4Hungarianiszikto drink
5Proto-Uralicjëxe-to drink; to flow?

Words derived from “paillette”

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