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

  1. palette

Ancestry of “palette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpâlepale
2Old Frenchpalepale, whitish or having little color
3Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
4Latin-idustending to
5Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “palette”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin pallidus →