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

  1. Paleness; want of color; pallidity; wanness

Ancestry of “pallor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpallourpaleness
2Old Frenchpalorpaleness, pallor
3Latinpallora pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor;...
4Latinpalleōto be pale; to turn pale, blanch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Latin palleō →Every word from Latin pallor →