English
paillette
Paillette comes from French paillette ‘sequin’, from paille ‘straw’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘flour, dust’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-‘flour, dust’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalea‘chaff’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400paille
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘straw’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpaillette‘sequin’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-‘flour, dust’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalea‘chaff’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400paille
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘straw’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpaillette‘sequin’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006same form
Earliest quotation: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day: “A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘flour, dust’
felt, simply, film, simple, push, powder, fold, complain, pulse, filter, repeal, flaw, pillow, compulsive, expel, repel, propel, pollen, palate, pelt, palladium, palpable, peloton, palatable, wallow, pall, polemic, tuple, peplum, palatal, pulver, pollinate, muffle, apoplexy, palp, interpolate, pillion, 62 more
through Old French paille
Today it means
noun A sequin or spangle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pel- / paillette