Where does “pallor” come from?
Pallor comes from Old French palor, from Latin pallor meaning paleness, derived from the Latin suffix -or combined with Latin pallēre meaning to be pale, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pel-.
pallor (English): Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness
Definitions
- Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness
Ancestry of “pallor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | pallour | — |
| 2 | Old French | palor | paleness, pallor |
| 3 | Latin | pallor | a pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor;... |
| 4 | Latin | palleō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |