Where does “empalidecer” come from?

empalidecer (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pálido, from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

empalidecer (Portuguese): to pale

Definitions

  1. to pale

Ancestry of “empalidecer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepálidoashen; pale, pallid
2Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
3Latin-idustending to
4Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin pallidus →