Etymograph

English

polink

Polink comes from Spanish palenque ‘palisade’, from Catalan palenc ‘of, from or relating to Pals’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-1‘to attach, fix, fasten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-slos1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pākslos1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpālus1‘stake, pole’
  5. Old Catalanmodernpal1
  6. Catalanc. 1500–presentpal2‘stake, pole’
  7. Catalanc. 1500–presentpalenc2‘of, from or relating to Pals’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentpalenque3‘palisade’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1774polink3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Catalan pal
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Spanish palenque
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English polink
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica: “About four miles North and North-west from the town…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-Wiktionary, Catalan pal‘to attach, fix, fasten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-slosWiktionary, Catalan palreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pākslosWiktionary, Catalan palreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpālusWiktionary, Catalan pal‘stake, pole’
  5. Old CatalanmodernpalWiktionary, Catalan pal
  6. Catalanc. 1500–presentpalWiktionary, Spanish palenque‘stake, pole’
  7. Catalanc. 1500–presentpalencWiktionary, Spanish palenque‘of, from or relating to Pals’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentpalenqueWiktionary, English polink‘palisade’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1774polinkWiktionary, English polink. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica: “About four miles North and North-west from the town…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’

page, propaganda, compact, peasant, pagan, propagate, pala, pectin, impactor, impinge, pagination, 28 more

through Latin pālus ‘stake, pole’

travel, pale, peel, pole, travail, palisade, 21 more

through Spanish palenque ‘palisade’

palenque

Today it means

noun One of several stockaded mountain farms established, after the invasion of Jamaica by England in the late 17th century, by people of colour who had lived on the island under Spanish rule.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “polink”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Catalan pal, Spanish palenque. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- / polink

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