Where does “pales” come from?

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

pales (Norman): plural of pale

Definitions

  1. plural of pale

Ancestry of “pales”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanpalepale
2Old Frenchpalepale, whitish or having little color
3Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
4Latin-idustending to
5Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin pallidus →