palliard (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[palliard 词源字典]
late 15c., "vagabond or beggar" (who sleeps on straw in barns), from Middle French paillard, from Old French paillart "tramp, beggar, vagabond" (13c.), from paille "straw" (see pallet (n.1); also see -ard).[palliard etymology, palliard origin, 英语词源]
palliate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"alleviate without curing," early 15c., from Medieval Latin palliatus, literally "cloaked," from past participle of Late Latin palliare "cover with a cloak, conceal," from Latin pallium "cloak" (see pall (n.)). Related: Palliated; palliating; palliation.
palliative (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., from Middle French palliatif (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin palliativus "under cloak, covert," from Late Latin palliatus (see palliate). As a noun, recorded from 1724.
palliasseyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A straw mattress", Early 16th century (originally Scots): from French paillasse, based on Latin palea 'straw'.
palliamentyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A gown, a long robe; specifically the white gown of a candidate for the Roman consulship", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in George Peele (bap. 1556, d. 1596), poet and playwright. From post-classical Latin palliare to cloak + -ment, after classical Latin pallium cloak.