Where does “empaler” come from?

empaler (French) comes from Italian impalare, from Spanish empalar, from Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

empaler (French): to impale

Definitions

  1. to impale

Ancestry of “empaler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianimpalareto impale; to stake, prop up
2Spanishempalarto impale
3Latinimpālāre—
4Latinpālusswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
5Proto-Italicpākslos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-slos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “empaler”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →