Where does “paleface” come from?

paleface (English) comes from English pale, from Middle English pale, from Old French pal, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

paleface (English): A white person; a person of European descent

Definitions

  1. A white person; a person of European descent

Ancestry of “paleface”, step by step

paleface traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleLight in color; Having a pallor; Feeble, faint
2Middle Englishpale—
3Old Frenchpal—
4Latinpālusswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
5Proto-Italicpākslos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-slos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

via English face

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaceThe front part of the head of a human or other...
2Middle Englishfaceface; Alternative form of fass
3Old Frenchfaceface
4Late Latinfacia—

Words derived from “paleface”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →