Where does “pole” come from?

pole (Middle English) comes from Old French poule, from Vulgar Latin pulla, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.

pole (Middle English): pole, stake, staff

Definitions

  1. pole, stake, staff

Ancestry of “pole”, step by step

pole traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French poule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpoulehen
2Vulgar Latinpullanominative feminine singular of pullus;...
3LatinpullusA young animal; darling; dark-colored; dusky
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpolHwóspale, gray
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpelH-pale, gray

via Old English pāl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpāla pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade
2Proto-West Germanic*pālpole, stake

Words derived from “pole”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelH- →