palafitte
/ˈpaləfɪt/ /ˌpaləˈfiːt/(also palafite) Archaeol.
noun
Especially in Switzerland and northern Italy: a prehistoric hut or settlement built on stakes driven into the bed of a lake; a lake village.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From French palafitte from Italian palafitta from palo stake, pile + fitto fixed, driven in, in archaeological use in Italian probably after German Pfahlbau, lit. ‘pile-building’.
- domesticate
- domesticated
- domestication
- domestic bursar
- domestic fowl
- domestic goddess
- domestic help
- domesticity
- domestic partner
- domestic partnership
- domestic purposes benefit
- domestic science
- domestic violence
- domestic worker
- domical
- domicile
- domiciliary
- domiciliation
- dominance
- dominancy
- dominant
- dominantly
- dominant seventh
- dominate
- domination