Etymograph

English

Palin

Palin comes from Welsh ap Heilyn ‘son of Heilyn’.

  1. Welshc. 1500–presentap Heilyn‘son of Heilyn’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024Palin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Welshc. 1500–presentap Heilyn‘son of Heilyn’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2024Palin

Earliest quotation: 2024, Brian Stelter, 43 million watched Walz-Vance VP debate, in significant drop: “In 2008, a record 69.9 million watched Joe Biden…”

Today it means

name A surname from Welsh.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Welsh ap Heilyn / Palin