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Where does “pâlir” come from?

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

pâlir (French): to pale; to fade; to fade

Definitions

  1. to pale; to fade; to fade

Ancestry of “pâlir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpalirto grow pale, to make pale
2Old Frenchpalepale, whitish or having little color
3Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
4Latin-idustending to
5Proto-Italic*-iðos—
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