Where does “pall” come from?
Pall comes from Old English pæll, from Latin palus meaning stake or pale, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád meaning to fit or join.
pall (English): Senses relating to cloth; Senses relating to...
Definitions
- Senses relating to cloth; Senses relating to...
Ancestry of “pall”, step by step
pall traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English appal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | appal | Alternative spelling of appall |
| 2 | Hungarian | app | app, application |
| 3 | English | application | The act of applying or laying on, in a literal... |
| 4 | Middle English | applicacioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | aplicacion | application |
| 6 | Latin | applicātiō | application, inclination |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |