"palace" in seven languages
Meaningpalace
Spanish
palacio
/paˈlaθjo/
masc.learned
Semi-learned: the -tj- did not develop fully.
French
palais
/palɛ/
masc.inherited
Also the palate.
Italian
palazzo
/paˈlattso/
masc.inherited
Any large building — a block of flats is un palazzo.
Portuguese
palácio
/paˈlasju/
masc.learned
Romanian
palat
/paˈlat/
neut.inherited
plural: palate
Catalan
palau
/pəˈlaw/
masc.inherited
English
palace
/ˈpæləs/
from Latin/French · Old French palais
English → ItalianpalacepalazzoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PALĀTIUM‘the Palatine Hill, site of the emperors' residence’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Every palace is named after one Roman hill where Augustus lived. In Italian, palazzo has come down in the world: any big apartment building.
English relatives: palace, palatial, paladin