Where does “palheta” come from?

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

palheta (Portuguese): any thin piece of material used for a specific purpose

Definitions

  1. any thin piece of material used for a specific purpose

Ancestry of “palheta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepaletapalette
2Italianpalettaspade; shovel; dustpan
3Italianpalashovel, trowel; blade; paddle
4LatinpālaA shovel, spade

Words derived from “palheta”

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