payaso

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Spanish word payaso comes from Latvian *bla-, and later Italian paglia (Straw (dry stalks, colour).)

*bla- (Latvian)

*pʰel (Proto-Indo-European)

palea (Latin)

(usually, in the plural) chaff.. The wattles or gills of a cock.. Dross. Husk. Straw.

paglia (Italian)

Straw (dry stalks, colour).

pagliaccio (Italian)

(also, _, pejorative) clown, buffoon.

payaso (Spanish)

Clown.

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