English
pala
Pala comes from Latin pāla ‘a shovel, spade’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fasten’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to attach, fasten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pak-slo-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pākslāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāla‘a shovel, spade’
- Englishtodaypala
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to attach, fasten’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pak-slo-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pākslāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpāla‘a shovel, spade’
- Englishtodaypala
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fasten’
travel, page, pole, propaganda, compact, peasant, pale, pagan, propagate, travail, pectin, impinge, pagination, palisade, impactor, 29 more
through Latin pāla ‘a shovel, spade’
Today it means
noun A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- / pala