Pale

Morpheme

Pale

Type

bound base

Denotation

shovel, blade, thin board

Etymology

French palette, from pale +‎ -ette; Occitan pala; Latin pāla

Evidence

palette, palettes, palettize, subpalette

Notes

palette and pallet are doublets

Homographs

Pale, Pale, Pale, Pal(a)e [Palae, Pale]

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