Where does “espalier” come from?
espalier (French) comes from Italian spalliera, from Italian spalla, from Vulgar Latin spatla, from Latin spatula, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη, from Proto-Indo-European sph₂-dʰ-.
espalier (French): espalier; wall bars
Definitions
- espalier; wall bars
Ancestry of “espalier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spalliera | back; bedhead; footboard |
| 2 | Italian | spalla | shoulder; chuck meat from the shoulder of a cow... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | spatla | — |
| 4 | Latin | spatula | a broad, flat piece; a little palm frond; a... |
| 5 | Latin | spatha | spatula, spattle; spatha; a long, two-edged,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σπάθη | any broad blade, of wood or metal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sph₂-dʰ- | — |