Where does “pâle” come from?

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

pâle (Norman): straw; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. straw; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “pâle”, step by step

pâle traces back through two 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 Old French paille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpaillestraw, chaff
2Latinpaleachaff; The wattles or gills of a cock; dross
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin pallidus →