Where does “appalling” come from?

Appalling comes from Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir meaning to make pale, from the prefix a- and Latin ad- meaning toward, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád.

appalling (English): present participle of appall; Horrifying and...

Definitions

  1. present participle of appall; Horrifying and...

Ancestry of “appalling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishappallTo fill with horror; to dismay; To make pale; to...
2Middle Englishapallen—
3Old Frenchapalirto become pale; to make pale
4Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
5LatinA—
6Etruscan𐌀and, also
7Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
8Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
9Egyptian𓃾—

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