English
palative
Palative 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
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1670spalative
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
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1670spalative
Earliest quotation: c. 1670s, Thomas Brown [i.e., (please specify the section): “palative delights”.
A compound of palate + -ive
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, expel, repel, propel, compulsive, pelt, palpable, peloton, palladium, polemic, wallow, pall, tuple, muffle, pollinate, apoplexy, peplum, pillion, pulver, interpolate, palp, 65 more
Today it means
adj Pleasing to the taste; palatable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin palātum / palative