Maven (famous)@lemmy.zip to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 years agoPretend I posted this in December.lemmy.zipimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down122
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minus-square𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoPalette sounds too french for my English soul
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years 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-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 years 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!