English
palatine
Palatine comes from Medieval Latin palātīnus ‘relating to the palace’, and goes back to Latin palātium.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātium‘palace’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500palātīnus‘relating to the palace’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400palatin
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500palatyne
- Englishtodaypalatine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātium‘palace’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500palātīnus‘relating to the palace’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400palatin
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500palatyne
- Englishtodaypalatine
Linked words
through Latin palātium ‘palace’
Another origin of palatine
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpalatine‘tippet, shoulder cape’
- Englishtodaypalatine
Borrowed from French palatine, named after German Princess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652–1722).
Another origin of palatine
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat, wide’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-osuncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātum‘the palate’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900palātīnus‘of or pertaining to the palate’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpalatin
- Englishtodaypalatine
Today it means
adj (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin palātium / palatine