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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Palette sounds too french for my English soul

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're all from French. Pallet comes from a a word for straw, palette for shovel, and palate for the top of the mouth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Damn the French!