Etymograph

English

paladin

Paladin comes from Latin palātium ‘palace’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātium‘palace’
  2. Late Latinmodernpalātīnus
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentpaladino
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentpaladin
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2014same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātium‘palace’
  2. Late Latinmodernpalātīnus
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentpaladino
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentpaladin
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2014same form

Earliest quotation: 2014, Theck, TC101: Intro to Theorycrafting: “For example, my own entry into the world of…”

Linked words

through Latin palātium ‘palace’

palace, palazzo, palatine, palatial, palatinate

Today it means

noun A heroic champion, especially a knight.

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

Etymograph / Latin palātium / paladin

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