Etymology

palative

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Today it means: Pleasing to the taste; palatable. Full definition →

English palate ← Middle English palate ← Old French palat
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-os
  4. Latinpalātum
  5. Old Frenchpalat
  6. Middle Englishpalate
  7. Englishpalate
  8. English todaypalative

From palate + -ive.

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