Where does “empaletar” come from?
empaletar (Ido) comes from Ido empalar, from English impale, from French empaler, from Italian impalare, from Spanish empalar, from Latin impālāre, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos — to attach.
empaletar (Ido): to prick
Definitions
- to prick
Ancestry of “empaletar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | empalar | to impale, fix on a sharp stake |
| 2 | English | impale | To pierce with any long, pointed object; To... |
| 3 | French | empaler | to impale |
| 4 | Italian | impalare | to impale; to stake, prop up |
| 5 | Spanish | empalar | to impale |
| 6 | Latin | impālāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pālus | swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pākslos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ-slos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |