Where does “pallidum” come from?
Pallidum derives from Latin pallidus, formed with the suffix Latin -idus from Proto-Indo-European pel-, meaning to be pale or whitish.
pallidum (English): The globus pallidus
Ancestry of “pallidum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pallidus | pale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale... |
| 2 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |