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

Definitions

  1. The globus pallidus

Ancestry of “pallidum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
2Latin-idustending to
3Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin pallidus →