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- Latin · derived frompalūs, palūdem
- Old French · derived frompalu
- Anglo-Norman · derived frompalude, palud, palu
- Middle English · inherited frompalude
- English todaypalude
From Middle English palude, from Anglo-Norman palude, palud, palu, from Old French palu, from Latin palūs, palūdem. Reinforced (and with pronunciation influenced) by French palude, palud and Italian palude.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.