English
Pole
Pole comes from German Pole.
- Germanc. 1650–presentPole
- Englishearliest quotation 1989same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentPole
- Englishearliest quotation 1989same form
Earliest quotation: 1989, Priit J. Vesilind, The Baltic: Arena of Power: “The Poles are well dressed, handsome, and somehow on…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat, wide’
field, floor, explain, plane, explanation, plain, palm, clan, archipelago, explanatory, playa, fluke, placenta, planar, parma, palatine, esplanade, flounder, placate, plantar, pelagic, flay, implacable, veld, llano, floe, lech, planta, purdah, polonium, 49 more
Today it means
noun A person from Poland or of Polish descent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Pole / Pole