Where does β€œappallest” come from?

appallest (English) comes from English appall, from Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir, from Old French a, from Latin A, from Etruscan πŒ€, from Ancient Greek αΎ±Μ”, from Phoenician 𐀀.

appallest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of β€œappallest”, step by step

appallest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English appall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishappallTo fill with horror; to dismay; To make pale; to...
2Middle Englishapallenβ€”
3Old Frenchapalirto become pale; to make pale
4Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
5LatinAβ€”
6EtruscanπŒ€and, also
7Ancient GreekαΎ±Μ”β€”
8Phoenician𐀀ox; aleph; alef
9Egyptian𓃾—

via English Est

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEstestablished
2Middle Englishestegrace, est, favour; pleasure, enjoyment, fun;...
3Old EnglishΔ“stwill, consent, favour, grace, liberality,...
4Proto-West Germanic*anstifavour
5Proto-Germanicanstizfavour, affection
6Proto-GermanicunnanΔ…to grant, bestow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanān-to notice; face, mouth
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