palliard (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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).
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.