Maven (famous)@lemmy.zip to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 5 months agoPretend I posted this in December.lemmy.zipimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up11.02K
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minus-squareEmmie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoPalette sounds too french for my English soul
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoThey’re all from French. Pallet comes from a a word for straw, palette for shovel, and palate for the top of the mouth.
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoAlso French, from “small ball.” Originally Latin pilla, meaning it’s twinned with pill. Pill came direct from Latin though, so no weird French influences.
Palette sounds too french for my English soul
They’re all from French. Pallet comes from a a word for straw, palette for shovel, and palate for the top of the mouth.
How about pellet?
Also French, from “small ball.” Originally Latin pilla, meaning it’s twinned with pill. Pill came direct from Latin though, so no weird French influences.
Damn the French!