Where does “palette” come from?

palette (French) comes from French pâle, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

palette (French): palette

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	pâle	pale
2	Old French	pale	pale, whitish or having little color
3	Latin	pallidus	pale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
4	Latin	-idus	tending to
5	Proto-Italic	*-iðos	—