English
palatelike
Palatelike 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–presentsame form
- Englishtodaypalatelike
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātum‘palate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400palat‘palate’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500palate‘the palate’
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodaypalatelike
A compound of palate + -like
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, simple, simply, felt, push, powder, filter, complain, fold, pulse, pillow, repeal, pollen, flaw, compulsive, expel, repel, propel, palpable, palladium, pelt, polemic, wallow, peloton, pall, tuple, muffle, apoplexy, peplum, pulver, pollinate, pillion, palp, interpolate, 64 more
through English palate
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a palate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin palātum / palatelike