Where does “pailler” come from?
pailler (French) comes from Latin paleārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
pailler (French): straw house; straw pile; to cover with straw
Definitions
- straw house; straw pile; to cover with straw
Ancestry of “pailler”, step by step
pailler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin paleārium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | paleārium | A place where chaff is stored, chaff-loft |
| 2 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |