Where does “pâle” come from?

pâle (French) comes from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

pâle (French): pale

Definitions

  1. pale

Ancestry of “pâle”, step by step

pâle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French pale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpalepale, whitish or having little color
2Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—

via Middle French pale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpale—
2LatinpālaA shovel, spade

via Occitan Palèr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1OccitanPalèr—

Words derived from “pâle”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin pallidus →