Etymograph

English

palatial

Palatial comes from Latin palātium ‘a palace’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātium‘a palace’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentpalatial
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1933same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātium‘a palace’
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentpalatial
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1933same form

Earliest quotation: 1933, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy]: “But during those two years for some reason or…”

Linked words

through Latin palātium ‘a palace’

palace, palazzo, paladin, 2 more

Today it means

adj Of or relating to a palace.

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

Etymograph / Latin palātium / palatial

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