Where does “pale” come from?
pale (Old French) comes from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
pale (Old French): pale, whitish or having little color
Definitions
- pale, whitish or having little color
Ancestry of “pale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pallidus | pale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale... |
| 2 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
Words derived from “pale”