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的第二层含义与palliard具有同源性。
pallet 托盘来自拉丁语pala,铲,铁锹,可能缩写自patella,小盘子,来自patina的小词形式,词源同pan,patella,paddle.-et,小词后缀。引申词义托盘。
pallet 草垫子来自拉丁语palea,草,词源同paliasse.