Etymology

palliasse

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Today it means: A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw. Full definition →

French paillasse ← Old French paille ← Latin palea
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompalea“chaff”
  2. Old French · derived frompaille“straw, chaff”
  3. French · derived frompaillasse
  4. English todaypalliasse

French French paillasse, from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchpaille all →

pallet

Latinpalea all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.