palus.
stake/pile/pole/unsplit wood; peg/pin; execution stake; wood sword; fence (pl.); swamp, marsh;
Meaning & usage
swamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
palūs silvestris
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pelH-der.? Proto-Italic *palūts Latin palus From Proto-Italic *palūts, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“pale, gray”), presumably with semantic shift "gray" > "swamp", though this is semantically tenuous. Either way, related to Latvian peļķe (“puddle”), Lithuanian pelkė (“marsh”), Sanskrit पल्वल (palvala, “pool, pond”), and possibly Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, earth, clay”).
stake, prop, stay, pale, post
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fix”). See related terms.
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