English
palatal
Palatal comes from Old French palat ‘palate’, and goes back to Latin palātum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātum‘palate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400palat‘palate’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500palate‘the palate’
- English1500–presentpalate
- Englishtodaypalatal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātum‘palate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400palat‘palate’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500palate‘the palate’
- English1500–presentpalate
- Englishtodaypalatal
A compound of palate + -al
Latin palātum ‘roof of the mouth, palate’
Old French palat
Middle English palate ‘the palate’
English palate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel-
film, felt, simple, simply, push, filter, powder, fold, pulse, complain, pillow, repeal, pollen, flaw, compulsive, expel, repel, propel, pelt, peloton, palpable, polemic, palladium, wallow, tuple, pall, muffle, pollinate, apoplexy, peplum, pulver, pillion, interpolate, palp, 65 more
Today it means
adj Pertaining to the palate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin palātum / palatal