Where does “palat” come from?
palat (Romanian) comes from Italian palato, from Latin palātum, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
palat (Romanian): palace; palate
Ancestry of “palat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | palato | palate; past participle of palare; paly |
| 2 | Latin | palātum | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |