Where does “paleta” come from?

paleta (Portuguese) comes from Italian paletta, from Italian pala, from Latin pāla — A shovel, spade.

paleta (Portuguese): palette

Definitions

  1. palette

Ancestry of “paleta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpalettaspade; shovel; dustpan
2Italianpalashovel, trowel; blade; paddle
3LatinpālaA shovel, spade

Words derived from “paleta”

Every word from Latin pāla →Every word from Italian pala →Every word from Italian paletta →
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