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by jacquesm 1819 days ago
Pole in English = Paal in Dutch = Palo in Spanish
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kurofune 1819 days ago
Not really, "palo" means "stick" in spanish.

Pole = Poste.

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aljg 1819 days ago
"Pole" in English is derived [1] from the Latin palus (from whence "palo"). The archaic English word "pale" (also meaning stick or stake) survives in the expression "beyond the pale."

[1]https://www.etymonline.com/word/pole

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kurofune 1819 days ago
That's a neat etymological fact I wasn't completely aware of, but in today's spanish "palo" doesn't mean "pole" nor "poste", it just means "stick".

I believe we are talking about two different things, because I'm only clarifying the current meaning of the word.

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jacquesm 1819 days ago
https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/palo
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canadianfella 1819 days ago
Poste is post... pole and stick can refer to the same thing.
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