pole

pole · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peh₂ǵ-“to nail, fasten”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*pākslos
3. Old Latin · derived from*paxlos
4. Latin · derived frompālus“stake, pale, prop, stay”
5. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*pāl“pole”
6. Old English · inherited frompāl“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”
7. Middle English · inherited frompole
8. English todaypole

English poleFrom Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”), perhaps from Old Latin *paxlos, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”). Doublet of peel, pale, and palus. Cognates Cognate with Scots pale, paill (“stake, pale”), North Frisian pul, pil (“stake, pale”), Saterland Frisian Pool (“pole”), West Frisian poal (“pole”), Dutch paal (“pole”), German Pfahl (“pile, stake, post, pole”), Danish pæl (“pole”), Swedish påle (“pole”), Icelandic páll (“hoe, spade, pale”), Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; lustrum”).

pole · noun, verb²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπόλος“axis of rotation”
2. Latin · derived frompolus
3. Middle French · derived frompole
4. English todaypole

From Middle French pole, pôle, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Pole · noun³

1. German · derived fromPole
2. English todayPole

From German Pole.

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