English
Palenque
Palenque comes from Spanish Palenque ‘palisade’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentPalenque‘palisade’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentPalenque‘palisade’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Spanish Palenque
Today it means
name Any of several towns in Latin America; most famously, a Maya site in Chiapas, Mexico.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Palenque / Palenque