The story
- Latin · derived frompatella“plate, small pan”
- Old French · derived frompaelle
- Catalan · borrowed frompaella“pot; pan”
- English todaypaella
Borrowed from Catalan paella (“pot; pan”), from Old French paelle, from Latin patella (“plate, small pan”). Doublet of patella and possibly pail.
Words from the same roots
Latinpatella all →
paddlepailpatella
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.