Where does “pole” come from?

pole (Middle French) comes from Old French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

Ancestry of “pole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpole
2Latinpoluspole
3Ancient Greekπόλοςpivot, hinge, axis, pole; axis of the celestial...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “pole

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-