1、palette => pallet / pallette.
2、Old French paille "straw" => pall- "straw" + -et => pallet: straw, bundle of straw.
3、Old French paille "straw" => palli- "straw" + -ard => palliard: vagabond or beggar (who sleeps on straw in barns).
4、pallet的第二層含義與palliard具有同源性。
pallet 托盤來自拉丁語pala,鏟,鐵鍬,可能縮寫自patella,小盤子,來自patina的小詞形式,詞源同pan,patella,paddle.-et,小詞后綴。引申詞義托盤。
pallet 草墊子來自拉丁語palea,草,詞源同paliasse.