Where does “balor” come from?

balor (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese balor, from Latin pallor, from Latin palleō, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

balor (Galician): mold

Definitions

  1. mold

Ancestry of “balor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesebalor—
2Latinpallora pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor;...
3Latinpalleōto be pale; to turn pale, blanch
4Proto-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 →