Maven (famous)toComic Strips@lemmy.world·4 months agoPretend I posted this in December.(lemmy.zip)imagearrow-up11.02Karrow-down122message-square50fedilink
arrow-up11Karrow-down1imagePretend I posted this in December.(lemmy.zip)Maven (famous)toComic Strips@lemmy.world·4 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareEmmiearrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agolinkfedilinkPalette sounds too french for my English soul
minus-square✺roguetrick✺arrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agolinkfedilinkThey’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✺arrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoedit-24 months agolinkfedilinkAlso 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!