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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•17 days agoThey’re all from French. Pallet comes from a a word for straw, palette for shovel, and palate for the top of the mouth.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•edit-217 days agoAlso French, from “small ball.” Originally Latin pilla, meaning it’s twinned with pill. Pill came direct from Latin though, so no weird French influences.
Palette sounds too french for my English soul
They’re all from French. Pallet comes from a a word for straw, palette for shovel, and palate for the top of the mouth.
How about pellet?
Also French, from “small ball.” Originally Latin pilla, meaning it’s twinned with pill. Pill came direct from Latin though, so no weird French influences.
Damn the French!