The story
- Latin · derived fromspatula
- Old French · derived fromespalde
- Middle English · inherited fromspawde, spaude, spalde
- English todayspauld
From Middle English spawde, spaude, spalde, from Old French espalde (French épaule), from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula.
Words from the same roots
Latinspatula all →
spatulaspacklespatulamancyspaulder
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.