Where does “palat” come from?

palat (Romanian) comes from Italian palato, from Latin palātum, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

palat (Romanian): palace; palate

Definitions

  1. palace; palate

Ancestry of “palat”, step by step

palat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian palato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpalatopalate; past participle of palare; paly
2Latinpalātumpalate roof of the mouth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via Greek παλάτι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekπαλάτιpalace
2Latinpalātium—
3Etruscan𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃sky
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →Every word from Latin palātum →Every word from Italian palato →